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BULLETIN OF THE EXTENSION 
DIVISION, INDIANA UNIVERSITY 



Entered as second-class mail matter, October 15, 1915, at the post-offlce at Bloom- 
Ington. Indiana, under the Act of August 24. 1912. Published monthly by Indiana 
University, from the University Office, Bloomington, Indiana. 



Vol. V 



BLOOMINGTON, IND. 



No. 7 




The Speakers' Bureau of the 
State Council of Defense 

University Extension War Service 



Robert E. Cavanaup.h, Officer in Charge o/ the Indianapolis Extension 
Center, Indiana Universiti/; Asfiistant Director of the Speaker' Bureau, 
State Council of Defense. 



MARCP, 1920 



Contents 

Page 

University Sei'vice 4 

Necessity for Speakers 5 

Organization : • • 7 

Aims and Purposes 8 

Methods of Speakers' Bureau 9 

Aids for Speakers 10 

"Fourteen-Minute" Women 11 

Educational Section of the State Council 11 

Schools for Telegraphers 12 

The American Friends of German Democracy 13 

"Four-Minute" Men 13 

"The Blue Devils of France" 1^ 

The Allied Aviators 1^ 

Organizations Served 1* 

Activities of Speakers — 

General Acti\aties 15 

Liberty Loans 15 

State-Wide War Conference 15 

County and Community War Conferences 15 

Education Week, April 22-20, 1918 17 

Red Cross Second War Fund Drive 18 

War Savings Committee 18 

County Teachers' Institutes and Fairs , 18 

After the Armistice 19 

Statistical Summary of the Activities of Speakers 19 

Expenses of the Bureau 19 

Appendix — 

Brief History of the Bureau 21 

Proclamation of the Governor calling Educational Meeting 22 

Letter to County Superintendents of Schools 23 

Arrangement of Itineraries 23 

County War Conferences 24 

Liberty Loan Syllabus 25 

A List of Questions 26 

Topics on the War 28 

Personnel of the Educational Section 31 

Suggested Program for War Conference 32 

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Iiidorsoiiiont of P^ducation Week ^^2 

Kod Cross Dates for Second War I^'iiiid I »rive yy 

Personnel of the Speakers" Itni'caii — 

Otiico Force oy 

Advisory Committee 27 

Indiana Speakers -^j 

Out-of-State Speakiu's , ^^ 



The Speakers' Bureau of the State Council 
of Defense' 



UNIVERSITY SERVICE= 

The purpose of printing the description of the organization and work of 
tlie Speakers' Bureau of tlie State Council of Defense is not only to furnish 
a record of one phase of the war-time service of Indiana University, but 
also to present in some detail the aims, function, and result of the Speak- 
ers' Bureau as an illustration of the lecture service as it may be developed 
by university extension. The record of the Speakers' Bureau during the 
war is valuable historically in that it gives concrete evidence of the adap- 
tability of the state university to a national emergency, and throws light 
as well on the signilicance of education in a democracy confronted by war. 
For both the spirit and the system of education stood the nation in good 
stead. 

The adoption of large-scale methods of adult education, in the limited 
sense of instructing and training the mind, the emotions, and the will of 
the people for a definite task, was an outstanding feature of American par- 
ticipation in the war. What was the need for and the measurable result of 
the effort of propaganda is. an interesting question which admits of various 
estimates, but the fact that tremendous effort was expended is significant 
in itself. Everywhere in the United States there was recognized an imper- 
ative necessity to enlighten, organize, and unify public opinion in support of 
the war, and the task was freely assumed by the citizenship not under 
compulsion by the war government. The American people were caught 
and held by the grip of ideas and ideals and were eager to be taught 
the way of their realization. And they were eager, too, to cooperate in the 
teaching, to put their knowledge and understanding before their fellows 
in the confident expectation of agreement and concerted action. Adult 
education in the issues of tlie war, a propaganda of the people, was a 
remarkable fact in 1918. A basis of estimate of the nature and scope of 
one small portion of the activities involvetl in that educational mobilization 
is afforded by the description of the Indiana Speakers' Bureau. 

The lecture service of university extension is thrown into relief by 
the light of the war-time experience. The lec-ture was the earliest form of 
adult education thru university extension and remains a characteristic 
device. Its importance should not be underestimated. As the public 
address served a war purpose, so also it educates the community in peace. 
But there is a difference : the demand for lectures to aid in the solution 



^Acknowledgment is due members of the Extension Division Staff of Indiana 
University and to Miss Edith M. Evans, who was secretary of the Bureau from 
September, 1917, to the close of the war, for lielpful criticisms and suggestions. 
R.E.C. 

2 This introductory statement was written by Mr. J. J. Pettijohn, Director of 
the E.xteusion Division, Indiana University ; Director of the Spealiers' Bureau of 
the State Council of Defense. 



Speakers' Bureau op State Council op Defense 5 

of war problems was met generously ; the demand for lectures to aid in 
solving peace problems is not met adequately. The people desire instruction 
and inspiration in the problems of normal community living, they want 
authoritative guidance in piiblic policy. Such instruction and guidance is 
the aim of the lecture ser^ace of university extension. That aim is only 
partially realized because of many factors, such as the comparative novelty 
of adult education, the dilBculty of developing the right kind of instruc- 
tional personnel, the poverty of financial resources, the inadequacy of 
community organization. But the example of the wai'-time drives, with 
the utilization of public address as a prime essential of the campaigns, 
has given a new aitpreciation of the power of the speaker. The facts 
Ibat oratory n)ay be overdone, that the popular lecture may be barren of 
result, that too much public speaking even on vital issues causes reaction, 
merely serve as criteria of failure in method, not in the principle of oral 
instruction from the platform. The public lecturer who is properly qual- 
itied and who has the right kind of institutional backing which a university 
should furnish is increasingly essential to the development of the systems 
of adult education which are now expanding rapidly in every democratic 
country. 

The same driving force and power of the speaker for martial patriotism 
must be employed to produce an informed civic spirit competent to meet 
the problems of peace. For the war on disease the nation needs physi- 
sicians who can instruct and inspire the people. For the war on poverty, 
crime, degradation, the people require instruction from men who know. 
For every social ill there should be speakers who can persuade and 
direct the common will. And the people want the inspiration of art and 
culture from men and women who can speak with vision and sound under- 
standing. 

What the speakers' Imreaus did during the war for a single definite 
end, the lecture bureaus of the universities and other educational institu- 
tions are now doing for many aims and purposes. A widey use of the 
resources available for pul)lic address and more concerted effort to present 
common problems from the platform and in the open forum are the chief 
tasks in the development of the lecture service. Instructors of the public, 
teachers of the people, able speakers on the common problems that face 
the nation, are essential to dynamic citizenship in the republic. 

NECESSITY FOR SPEAKERS 

Before the entry of the United States into the war in April, 1917, there 
had been a studied effort on the part of public officials, most of the edu- 
cators, ministers, editors, and other prominent leaders of the United 
States to keep the people of the country neutral both in thought and action. 

Early in August, 1914. President Wilson issued a statement to the people 
in which he made an earnest plea for this type of neutrality. His appeal 
met with the decided approval of a majority of the citizens of the United 
States. It is true that the majority of the American people from the be- 
ginning of the contest were favorable to the cause of the Allies, but their 
abhorrence of war dictated that their conduct, whatever their thoughts, 
should be neutral. 



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Tho iircsidciitiiil t'loctioii of 1!»1G resulted in a vietory for the Deuuicratic 
party largely because of the popularity of the president, due, in no small 
measure, to a recognition of the fact that he had "kept us out of 
war". The Republican party, during the campaign of 191G, did not assail 
the wisdom of this action. Both parties^ had properly judged public 
opinion in that year. It was clear that the majority of the American 
people earnestly hoped that war might be avoided. 

When changed conditions arose early in 1917, when the time had come 
"to conquer or submit"' and the inevitable declaration of war was ap- 
proved by the Congress on April G, it was evident that tlu-re was an lu-gent 
need of education among the masses of our people everywhere in order 
that they might be turned from their belief that war was to be avoided 
at almost an.v cost. It is true that the patriotism of the people could 
be trusted to solve this problem as soon as the gravity of the situation 
was realized, but it was essential that this result be hastened. 

There were many new problems now facing the government and the 
people. This was a war the magnitude of which had never before been 
equaled. It was not a war of armies but of nations, and in order to \^dn 
it was necessary to "speak, work, and act together". 

Many policies new to the American people were necessary if adequate 
force was to be thrown into the European conflict to give the Prussian 
military machine the defeat that was necessary to make the world free. 
A monster army of trained soldiers had to be I'aised, an iinprecedented 
food supply produced and saved, tons of munitions and new iiastruments 
of war manufactured, billions of dollars saved and lent to the government, 
and luxuries restricted in order that the necessities of war might be 
supplied. 

America was a highly individualistic nation. jNIillionaires and laborers 
alike had always resented government interference and control that affected 
their private and personal conduct, (icrmany's claim that a democracy, 
because of lack of imity in thought and action, would fail in an emergency 
seemed well founded. 

This was the danger that confronted America at the beginning of the war. 
The government realized the danger, and early in ithe summer set up 
n\achinery to mobilize the minds of the American i)eople for the great 
struggle. It was clear that this could be done only by educating them to 
the necessity for liacking up the government of state and nation in all war 
measures. Tlie Committee on Public Information was established in June. 
The co()peration of the patriotic press of the country was at once obtained 
and the campaign began with the circulation of war propaganda thruout 
the coimtry on a large scale. 



' The Republican national platform criticised the administration for its failure 
to defend American rights, but declared for neutrality as follows : "We desire 
peace, the peace of justice and right, and believe in maintainuig a straight and 
honest neutrality between the belligerents in the great war in Europe." 

The Democratic national platform declared : "The Democratic administration 
has throughout the present war scrupulously and successfully held to the old paths 
of neutrality, and to the pursuit of the legitimate objects of our national life which 
statesmen of all parties and creeds have prescribed for themselves in America since 
the beginning of history." 



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Altlio tlio i)<)\vor of tlio press in iiioldiiii; piiljlic opinion for tiu* snc- 
rossful prosecution of the war was enormous and absolutely indispensaltle, 
it was evident from tlie start tliat tliere were many citizens who '-onld 
not be successfully influenced or even readied tbi-u this aK«>ncy. 

The Indiana State Council of Defense was appointed by llie (Jovcrnor 
in June a short time after the appointment of an educational conunitfee* 
for the purpose of utilizing the educational resources of the state for war 
worlv. This Council immediately organized and began devising ways and 
means of mobilizing the entire state for supporting the federal and the 
state governments in every war effort. 

As the state legislature had closed its session just before the declaration 
of war it was not possible, without a special session, for the State Council 
of Defense to have an appropriation with which to cari*y on its work. No 
special session was called. Financial support was necessary if an effective 
speaking compaign was to be carried on in the state. Volunteer speakers 
could be secured but it was not possible for any large number of them to 
pay their own traveling expenses. In addition, an effective administrative 
organization was a necessity. 

ORGANIZATION 

For several years Indiana TJnivei-sity had maintained, thru its Extension 
Division, a bureau which furnished educational lectures for schools, 
churches, clubs, institutes, and otluer organizations desiring such service. 
Immediately after the declaration of war the University enlarged the scope 
of its public lecture service to provide speakers on war topics to any organ- 
ization in Indiana which might ask for patriotic addresses. Many speakers, 
recruited largel.v from educational institutions, were scheduled for ad- 
dresses in all parts of the state during the spring and early summer. 
Systematic effort was made to send speakers on war problems to the county 
teachers' institutes held in every county during the summer. 

One of the first recommendations of the Educational Section^ of the 
State Council of Defense was that qualified speakers should be available 
for addressing audiences in every community in order to assist in mobilizing 
public opinion in support of the government's war policies. Many speakers 
were sent out under the auspices of the Educational Section cooperating 
with the Extension Division of the University. 

President William Lowe Bryan had, at the beginning of the war, tendered 
all the resources of the University to President Wilson and Governor Good- 
rich for any work they might desire it to do. There was now an oppor- 
tunity for the Extension Division to assume an additional responsibility in 
providing speakers for war work. 

Chairman Will H. Hays, of the State Council of Defense, and President 
Bryan in August, 1917, agreed on a plan wherein it was provided that 
the Extension Division of Indiana Iiniversity should take chai-ge of the 
organization and maintenance of a Speakers' Bureau for the State Council. 



' See iia«:o 22 lor the Governor's i)rocl;iiiifitioii cjillin;; for ;i ineefiiiu of tlu? educa- 
tional forces of the state. The educational committee grew out of this meeting. 

" The educational committee previously mentioned was recognized as the Bduca- 
lioiial Section of the State Council of Defeuse when the Council was created by the 
Governor. 



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The University was to give financial aid by furnishing tlie personnel of the 
Bureau, including the Director and the stenographic help necessary, while 
the State Council would furnish the office, telephone, and telegraphic ser- 
vice, stationery, postage, and other office incidentals.' 

Altho the State Council of Defense paid the traveling expenses of 
many speakers engaged in special spealving campaigns, such as that inaug- 
urated by the Boys' Working Reserve in its organization appeal in the 
summer of 1917, nevertheless, it became the policy of the Council to send 
out s'peakers with the understanding that their traveling expenses should 
be paid by the local communities served by themJ 

The Director of the Extension Division at once took up the work of or- 
ganizing the Speakers' Bureau as one of the regular departments of the 
State Council of DefensQ. An office was provided in the Statehouse with 
the Council. A list of volunteer speakers representing every county in the 
state was made up on the recommendation of the various County Councils 
of Defense. This list, over four hiuidred in all, was supplemented by 
various additions as speakers were recommended by the Chairman of the 
State Council, college presidents, public officials, and private citizens who 
were in a position to know the capable public speakers of Indiana. This 
list of volunteers constituted the reserve force on which the Bureau de- 
pended for its effective work thruout the war, but was especially valuable 
during the first year when general patriotic addresses were most needed. 
Too much commendation cannot be expressed for the loyal and unselfish 
devotion shown by the men^ of Indiana who thus contributed their valuable 
time without pay, and often at personal expense, for the good of the cause 
that at that time needed their support. 

AIMS AND PURPOSES 

One of the first acts of the Director was to formulate the aims of the 
Speakers' Bureau as follows : 

1. To mobilize public opinion and stimulate patriotic service. 

2. To increase lo«al interest in the appeals by the government and by 

official and semi-official organizations for support of specific war 
service. 

3. To aid select groups of men, especially those who volunteer their ser- 

vices to the Speakers' Bureau, to obtain quickly a clear and author- 
itative comprehension of government war measures and policies, and 
of specific social and economic problems created by the war. 

4. To aid the general public in its effort to understand the measures and 

policies of the government and the essential facts involved in the 

problems created by the war. 
This statement was sent to all the speakers together with a request for 
suggestions. Tlie earnest cooperation of all was sought and secured at the 
outset. 



« See proceedings of the eighth meeting of the Council. 

^ It was understood, however, that in case the local community failed to pay the 
speaker's expenses, the Council would do so. 

8 The women were just as loyal and unselfish in their devotion to the common 
cause. See page 11 for a discussion of their activities in patriotic speaking. 



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METHODS OF SPEAKERS' BUREAU 

The following outline, which was sent to speakers, chairmen of county 
councils, and others, shows the scope of the work as originally planned : 

1. To enroll selected speakers for voluntary service, 

a. Public spirited men of repute and exceptional speaking ability. 

&. Authorities on specific subjects such as health, labor, child welfare. 

2. To supply classified printed matter to speakers for specific campaigns 

and for guidance in preparing general patriotic addresses. 
a. Government publications. 
6. Package libraries of current literature. 
c. Briefs and bibliographies. 

3. To hold conferences of selected speakers to study in group some one 

war problem. 
a. Instruction given by specialists. 
1). Confused ideas clarified by discussion. 

4. To hold large conferences for speakers and community leaders. 
a. Addresses by specialists on a limited number of war topics. 
I). Round tables on state war problems. 

5. To utilize the State Council of Defense organization to reach each 

county and town. 

a. Local committees to arrange for special meetings. 

b. High School Councils of Defense to assist in securing audiences for 

special community meetings and to arrange for series of educa- 
tional war addresses. 

c. Bureau field organizer to assist local committees. 

G. To foster community singing as a patriotic activity and as an aid to 
speakers. 
«. Community music organizer. 
6. Instruction of school teachers in community music methods. 

Altho general patriotic addresses were of great value in stimulating 
the people of Indiana to a realization of their obligation, it was clearly 
necessary to follow some definite plan of developing the speaking cam- 
paigns to meet the needs of the ever changing war situation. The same 
type of speech could not remain effective as the needs of the government 
changed with the progress of the war. 

In the late fall of 1917 the Director of the Speakers' Bureau with the 
advice and approval of the Chairman of the State Council of Defense se- 
lected an advisory committee consisting of one representative from the 
State Board of Education, one from the National Security League, one 
from the League to Enforce Peace, one from the War Service Board, the 
State Fuel Administrator, the State Food Administrator, the State Chair- 
man of "Four-Minute" Men, the woman member of the State Council of 
Defense, and two civilians prominent in the state.' The advice of members 
of this committee and suggestions from the Council of National Defense 
and other war agencies were utilized in planning all subsequent speaking 
campaigns. 

The Bureau regularly sent out statements^" calling attention of local com- 
mittees and various officials to the types of speakers it was prepared to 



" See page 37 for outline of organization and personnel of committee. 
1" See page 23 for letter to county superintendents of schools. 



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furuisb. These letters resulted in calls from all parts of the state, especi- 
ally for speakers on the staff for special work. After arranging elates*^ the 
Bureau furnished the speakers complete information as to train schedule 
to be followed, the kind of audience, and the organization and person in 
charge. The time of arrival and necessary departure of the speakers, 
facts as to their experience, and other helpful information available were 
sent to the local committees. 

Aids for Speakers 

All speakers listed with the Bureau were supplied with the publications 
of the Committee on Public Information. Among the best of these for the 
use of speakers were the following: Hoiv the War Came to America, The 
Presidents Flag Day Speech, Conquest and Ciiltur, German War Practices, 
The War Message and the Facts Behind It, The Nation in Arms, The Oor- 
emment of Germany, The Great War, War of Self-Dcfense, American Loy- 
alty, The German War Code, The German Whisper, America's War Aims 
and the Peace Program. 

Many publications from other sources were used. These included many 
universities, both state and private, the League to Enforce Peace, the 
National Security League, the War Savings Committee, the Federal Food 
Administration, the Federal Fuel Administration, the United States Treas- 
ury Department, the American Red Cross, the Y.M.C.A., the American 
Friends of German Democracy, the United States Department of I^abor, 
and government departments engaged in war work. 

The Indiana Bulletin,^'- published weekly from August 17, 1917, to No- 
vember 17, 1918, by the State Council of Defense, was sent to all speakers. 
This paper was very important for all war workers in Indiana. It gave an 
account each Friday of all the activities of the State Council of Defense 
and kept all the various county units informed as to federal and state plans. 
It served as a war work clearing-house for Indiana. 

The Bureau also used some specitic methods to keep its speakers thinking 
progressively. In addition to sending the above-mentioned publicity as it 
came from the various war agencies, material was prepared frequently 
by members of the Indiana University Extension Division staflP' and sent 
out by the Bureau. This included briefs and syllabi on the special drives 
and campaigns as they were put on in the state. Among these briefs were 
syllabi on the Second and Third Liberty Loans,^^ a list of (luestions'' on 
vital war measures and peace aims, and a syllabus on Education AVeek.'" 

An outline of "Topics on the Great War" was compiled from the answers 
to a questionnaire addressed to representative men and women in all parts 
of the United States, asking for suggestions about war problems upon 
which the public should be informed. This outline,^" for which the Speak- 

" See page 23 for itineraries of two speakers. 

1= The Indiana Bulletin was piiblishe<l by the P\il)licity Committee under the im- 
mediate direction of Mr. E. P. Warfel. 

" Special credit should be given to Mr. W. S. Bittner, Associate Director in Charge 
of I'ublic Welfare Service, and to Miss Harriet N. Bireholdt, Chief of the Bureau 
of Public Discassiou. 

" See page 25 for Second Liberty Loan syllabus. 

'^ See page 27 for "twenty-nine questions". 

" See page 17. 

1" See page 28 for "Topics on the Great War". 



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ers' Bureau made acknowledj^ment to sixty-five contributors of national 
reputation, togetlier witli a bibliograpliy of lielpful reading material, was 
sent to every speaker on the Indiana list, to the various educational institu- 
tions of the state, and to those wliose answers to the questionnaire had 
aided in its formulation. It was of great value to speakers as an aid in 
the preparation of addresses best suited to their respective inclinations and 
training. 

On account of lack of funds it was not possible to have a successful 
special conference of the Speakers' Bureau. At the State War Conference 
in Indianapolis, December 13 and 14, 1917, a program was prepared for the 
Speakers' Bureau Section and the entire membership was invited to attend 
but the number present was comparatively small. The various comity and 
commmiity war conferences thruout the state in the winter and spring 
of 1918, however, afforded excellent opportunity for an exchange of opin- 
ions by all the state speakers. There was the additional advantage of per- 
sonal touch with the fine group of out-of-state speakers, among whom were 
many with the overseas experience for which the people were hungry at 
that early date. 

THE "FOURTEEN-MINUTE" WOMEN 

The women of Indiana responded as generously to the appeal for speak- 
ei's as did the men and all calls for women speakers were promptly filled. 

In December, 1917, the "Fourteen-Minute" Women's Speakers' Bureau, as 
a coordinate organization, was created by the Woman's Section of the 
State Council of Defense, with the approval of the State Chaii-mau. It 
was placed under the direction of Mrs. Julia C. Henderson, who assigned 
all women speakers of Indiana after this date. Mrs. Henderson's force 
of speakers was well chosen and efficiently directed. A woman speaker 
was assigned to each of the county war conferences and community confer- 
ences, and, in spite of all difficulties due to bad weather conditions and 
almost impossible train schedules, the engagements were filled. This 
promptness and reliability was a characteristic of the Woman's Bureau 
thruout the war. 

Tlie cooperation of the "Fourteen-Minute" Women of Indiana was at all 
times of very great value. As they conducted their own speaking campaign, 
no attempt has been made here to list their speakers or to refer in detail to 
the work which they did. However, it must be said that they never failed 
to do more than their share. Too much credit cannot be bestowed upon 
them either for their patriotic zeal, or for their systematic and effective 
work that aided so materially in placing Indiana in the front rank among 
the forty-eight patriotic states. 

EDUCATIONAL SECTION OF THE STATE COUNCIL 

The Committee for the Mobilization of the Educational Forces of Indiana 
was appointed by Dr. Horace Ellis, State Superintendent of Public In- 
struction, at the state meeting of educators in Indianapolis May o, 1917.'* 

" For personnel of Eihioational Section see page 31. 



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This committee set to work at once to fonuulate a plan for wav service 
in the schools of Indiana. Good progress was made and before the close 
of all the schools that year a very helpful program was suggested in an 
outline that was mimeographed and sent out to all the superintendents and 
principals in Indiana. It was entitled "A Service for Everyone, Everyone 
for Service", and it suggested lines of work for all types of schools includ- 
ing elementary schools, high schools, and colleges. Considering the early 
date at which this program was prepared, it was a fine piece of work which 
represented a consensus of opinion of the members of the committee and 
also contributions from many practical school men of the state who had 
already interested their schools in helpful forms of war service. 

At the opening of the school year 1917-18 the committee, now officially 
organized as the Educational Section of the State Council of Defense, rec- 
ognized that it faced a twofold problem. The schools of Indiana were 
being urged by a multiplicity of organizations, both public and private, to 
engage in various forms of war work. Most of these organizations were 
worthy, but it was clear that there was need of some kind of systematic 
control of war work in the schools or the necessary educational programs 
would be seriously disrupted and a minimum of progress would result. 

The problem at hand was the formulation of a plan that would make 
possible the cooperation of students in war service without serious dis- 
ruption of their essential school studies. The Educational Section selected 
a Committee on approval'^ which operated as a clearing-house on matters 
pertaining to such war work. 

This committee, with the endorsement of the Educational Section, worked 
out a plan for the organization of the high schools into a Patriotic Sei'vice 
League consisting of High School Councils of Defense. Provision was 
made, in a suggested fonn, for a constitution and by-laws, and for com- 
mittees of teachers and students working together to study their own prob- 
lems in relation to their war duties. These High School Councils were 
democratic in organization and operation. 

The high schools that adopted this plan or a similar kind of organization 
for war work cooperated with the Speakers' Bureau of the State Council 
in arranging patriotic programs during the winter and spring of the year 
1917-18.^° 

SCHOOLS FOR TELEGRAPHERS 

The War Department's request in September, 1918, that the State Council 
of Defense assume the task of training Indiana's quota of nine hvmdred 
radio operators from the drafted men who had not yet been called into 
military service was referred to the Educational Section. The task of 
supplying this training was taken up with the superintendents and prin- 
cipals and the presidents of colleges and normal schools of the state, and 
so successfully had the work progressed that 679 conscripted men were 



"The members of the Committee on Approval were Jacob G. Collicott, J. J. Petti- 
john, Thomas F. Fitzgibbon, T. T. Martin, and Thomas C. Howe. Later Oscar H. 
Williams, State High School Inspector, was added to the committee. 

™See page 16 for a discussion of this educational worlc in connection with the 
county war cbnferences. 



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enrolled when the wtn-k was taken over by the Federal Board for Vocational 
Edncat.ion and transferred in Indiana to the Vocational Department of the 
State Department of Pnblic Instrnction in December of that year. 

THE AMERICAN FRIENDS! OF GERMAN DEMOCRACY 

The Committee on Public Information, with the approval of President 
Wilson, indorsed the work of patriotic Americans of German ancestry 
who endeavored to organize their fellow Americans in war work. This 
oi-ganization sent to Indiana, early in March, 1918, Dr. William E. Bohn, 
for whom the Speakers' Bureau arranged meetings at Purdue University. 
Lafayette, and in Indianapolis, Sellersburg, New Albany, Huntington. 
Michigan City, Ft. Wayne, Bremen, and South Bend. 

At the Indianapolis meeting an Indiana Branch organization was effected. 
Dr. Carl G. Winter was elected president: Henry Iliesenberg. vice-president; 
Mrs. Robert Miller, wdio was later succeeded by Albert Sahm, treasurer; 
and George S. Schauer, secretary. Mr. Schauer gave a great deal of atten- 
tion, thruout the summer of 1918, to the organization of the entire state. 
Local committees were chosen and a state-wide itinerary was arranged for 
Dr. Maximilian P. Groszmann, of New Jersey, who came to Indiana early 
in October for a month's speaking campaign. Unfortunately, the influenza "^ 
epidemic made necessary the cancellation of his entire schedide with the ex- 
ception of his initial meeting October 5, in Indianapolis. 

The American Friends of German Democracy also fui'nished some valu- 
able publicity material which was given a wide circulation in this state 
among citizens of German ancestry. It included two excellent bulletins. 
A Plea for German- American Unity and Democracy the Heritage of All 
written by Mr. Richard Lieber, of Indianapolis. The cooperation of this 
loyal and energetic organization was an effective aid to the State Council 
of Defense in Indiana. 

THE "FOUR-MINUTE" MEN 

The "Four-Minute" Men were able assistants in speaking campaigns diu-- 
ing the war. They were particularly well adapted to fit into crowded pro- 
grams of conventions and business associations to give an effective war 
talk at any time desired. Their addresses before theater audiences con- 
stituted their principal work, but their organization w-as always ready to 
cociperate with the Speakers' Bureau of the State Cx)uncil of Defense. 

Mr. Philip T. White was chairman of the Indiana "Four-Minute" ]\Ien 
from the date of their organization until he left the state to accept a supei-- 
intendency of a division in the office of the Director-General of Railroads. 
After Mr. White's resignation, the work of the State Director was carried 
on by Mr. C. R. Eggleston, chairman of Indianapolis "Four-Minute" Men, 
aided by Miss Ida Drosdowitz, until the appointment in October of Robert 
E. Cavanaugh as State Director. Until this date the clerical expense of 
the office was borne by the State Council of Defense. It now became a 
regular part of the work of the Speakers' Bureau and was financed ac- 
cordingly, with the exception, of course, that the franking privilege was 
granted for the work of the "Four-Minute" Men, 



14 Bulletin op the Extension Division 

The reorganiziitioii of the Indiana "Fonr-Minnte" Men was under way 
when the close of the war early in Novenil)er, 191S, brought their work 
virtually to a close. The entire force in state and nation was mustered out 
of service on December 24. Certificates of honor with an expression of 
appreciation for services rendered were mailed to all workers early in lOlfl. 

"THE BLTJE DEVILS OF FRANCE" 

Thru the courtesy of the Speaking Division of the Committee on Public 
Information, Indiana secured a visit of a gi'oup of Alpine Chasseurs whose 
deeds of heroism in fighting the Germans had thrilled the people of all the 
Allied countries. This interesting company of nearly a hundred men, fully 
equipped, paraded with our own soldiers on Decoration Day in Indianapolis 
and took part in a program at Tomlinson Hall. 

On the following day they paid a visit to Terre Haute where they were 
the recipients of many honors at the hands of the people of that city, in- 
cluding a brief patriotic program on the front lawn of the Indiana State 
Normal School and an automobile ride to Fort Harrison. Following these 
two engagements the "Blue Devils" rested at Fort Benjamin Harrison for 
three days before continuing on their tour of American cities, which they 
pronounced more strenuous than the trench warfare to which they were 
so accustomed in their native country. 

THE ALLIED AVIATORS 

Indianapolis was honored with a visit from the British aviators, headed 
by Brigadier-General Charles F. Lee, and an accompanying group of 
American fliers commanded by Major Rhinehart. These air men spent 
two days, August 22 and 23, 1918, in Indianapolis, and gave exhibition 
flights above a great throng of Indiana citizens at Riverside Park on the 
last day of their stay. 

Both the "Blue Devils" and the aviators were guests of the Indianapolis 
Chamber of Commerce while in the city. 

ORGANIZATIONS SERVED 

The purpose of the Council in sanctioning the Bureau's work was to 
create an agency to cooperate with the County Councils of Defense in each 
of the ninety-two counties of the state. This cooperation was, of course, 
ofl:ered and most generally accepted. Much of the Bureau's correspondence 
was with the County Councils whose chairman and secretaries frequently 
called for speakers. 

In addition, however, it became just as necessary to serve all the other 
official and also the semi-public and even private agencies engaged in patri- 
otic work. The organizations representing the Liberty Loan, the V^'^ar 
Savings Committee, the Red Cross, the U.S. Boys' Working Reserve, 
the Young Men's Christian Association, the Knights of Columbus, fre- 
quently called for speakers. Other groups of patriotic workers to whom 
speakers were sent included chambers of commerce, factories, schools and 
colleges, churches, fraternities, labor unions, lodges, athletic organizations, 



Speakers^ Bureau of State Council of Defense 15 

eliihs of various (ypos, loarliers' aiid lariiicrs" iiislilutes, fairs, and con- 
veiitioiis of ail kinds. 

Factories, especially those engaged in war work, began to feel the need 
of speakers who would stimulate the interest and consequently increase 
the pi'oductiveness of their employees by giving them inspiring talks. 
Many of these applied to the Bureau for help. The Warner Gear Company, 
of Muneie, Ind., began in the latter part of January, 1918, to arrange for 
a speaker to visit the three factories each Thursday, at noon and mid- 
night, to talk to the workers. They found the plan so successful that they 
continued to use speakers supplied by the Bureau in this way luitil the 
signing of the armistice. 

ACTIVITIES OF SPEAKERS 

General Activities. The work of the speakers who were sent to every 
part of the state was the most important phase of the propaganda work 
of the Bureau. From the time when the United States entered the war 
in April, 1917, until the signing of the armistice in November, 1918, and 
even later, speakers were available for a discussion of all kinds of prob- 
lems relating to the war. 

Liberty Loans. While the Liberty Loan drives were being held, the 
Speakers' Bureau was frequently called upon to help the state and local 
Liberty Loan Speakers' Bureaus in filling engagements. In November, 
1917, during the period of the Second Loan drive, thirty-nine dates were 
thus filled, many of them at the last moment, after a speaker engaged 
for a particular date had signified his inability to fill it. From April 6 
to May 4, 1918, the period of the Third Liberty Loan drive, the Speakers' 
Bureau filled forty dates at the request of the state loan organization, or 
upon application from local organizations. During the period of the 
Fourth Loan drive, from September 25 to October 18, 1918, twenty-nine 
dates were filled. Many others for which arrangements had been made 
were cancelled because of the influenza epidemic. The Bureau had ceased 
its work before the Victory Liberty Loan of April, 1919. 

State-Wide Conference. A state-wide war conference, to which were in- 
vited officials and members of county councils of defense and other 
patriotic organizations, was held in Indianapolis on December 13 and 14, 
1917. At the general meetings, held in the afternoon and evening, on 
December 13, and at which Governor Goodrich presided, the speakers 
were Hon. Medill McCormick, congressman from Illinois, just returned 
from a two months' trip to France and along the battle front; Bishop 
Charles D. Williams of Detroit, who had also just returned from Europe, 
where he was sent by the Red Cross; Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of 
Leland Stanford University, chief of conservation work of the U.S. 
Food Administration; and Lieutenant Paul Perigord of the French army. 

Sectional meetings were held on Friday, December 14, for the following 
divisions: County Councils, Community War Service Board, Educational 
Section, Fraternal Orders Section, Fuel Conservation, Medical Section, 
Military Affairs, War Savings Stamps, Public Morals, U.S. Public Ser- 



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vice Reserve, Publicity, Red Cross, Speakers' Bureau, Woman's Section, 
U.S. Boys' Working Reserve, Food Pi-oduction and Conservation. 

County and Community War Conferences. The Chairman of the State 
Council of Defense, immediately after the state-wide war conference held 
in Indianapolis, December 13 and 14, 1917, recommended that county war 
conferences be held thruout Indiana. The plan was approved by the 
Council and the county conferences'^ were held during the last week in 
January and the first two weeks in February, 1918. To the Speakers' 
Bureau" was assigned the work of dating the conferences, securing 
speakers, preparing itineraries, and directing the making of programs."" 

These conferences, altho they did not accomplish all that was desired, 
were a decided success. In spite of bad weather, which included some 
of the coldest and worst in that memorable winter with its shortage 
of coal, the attendance at all of the meetings was excellent and at many 
remarkably large. 

The people of Indiana in general gained just what the war workers 
did when they attended the state-wide meeting in December. They were 
inspired and encouraged to put increased effort into the various fields of 
their war work. The lines of work represented by speakers were: pro- 
duction and conservation of food. Red Cross, Boys' Working Reserve, the 
Y.M.C.A., war work of women, and w^ar work of schools. 

For the pui-pose of organizing school war work, speakers were sent 
to all the conferences. Purdue University, Indiana University, and the 
State Normal School furnished Professors Mark H. Liddell, William W. 
Black, and Frank S. Bogardus, respectively, for the entire period of the 
county meetings. Additional educators volunteered their services and 
were assigned during this special campaign. 

Those who attended the meetings received valuable assistance in or- 
ganization work. This was one of the important factors emphasized by 
the Speakers' Bureau in its instructions to its field representatives, 
speakers, and local chairmen and committees. Patriotism and enthusiasm 
were essential attributes for war workers, but so also were precision 
and system if the best results were to be secured. 

In addition to excellent speakers and workers from among the best in 
Indiana, the county war conferences were attended by speakers of national 
reputation sent by the United States Food Administration, the Committee 
on Public Information, the League to Enforce Peace, and the British 
Recruiting offices at Chicago and Toronto. Most of these men had visited 
the war zone and some were soldiers with interesting war experience. 

The Food Administration sent President R. L. Wilbur, Julius Lincoln, 
i]dward Trefz, Evei'ett Colby, W. J. McGlothlin, Alexander Cairns, and 
John Rutledge. The Committee on Public Information sent Lieutenant 



^ Couferences were not helil in all the counties. Some had already had patriotic 
meetings of a similar Ivind. There were conferences, however, in eighty-three counties 
of the state at this time. 

~ The Boys' Working Reserve, the Y.M.C.A., and the Woman's Department, how- 
ever, with the approval of the Chairman of the State Council, made their own 
assignment of speakers for these conferences. 

-^ See page 32 for a copy of instructions and form program sent out to each 
county organization to aid in arranging for its conference. 



Spkakeks' Bukkau of State Council of Defense 17 

Hector MacQuarrie. Di-. Lyman P. Powell represented the League to 
Enforce Peace. From the British Recruiting office came Majors W. G. 
Hyde, and W. C. Gidley, and Lieutenant W. G. Masson. 

At the conclusion of the county war conference campaign there came 
a number of requests for community conferences patterned after the 
county meetings. The Speakers' Bureau responded to these local calls 
and arranged one-day conferences in eighteen towns. Speakers were 
sent out on circuits to assist whatever local talent the different com- 
mittees desired to use. 

Special speakers brought into the state for these community confer- 
ences included Mrs. Ida McGlone Gibson, representing the Red Cross, 
Major Craig Wright and Captain D. H. Blake, of the British Ai-my, and 
Dr. Henry Coe Culbertson, sent by the Committee on Public Information. 
All these speakers had had overseas experience and their talks were 
messages of vital importance to the people at that time. 

Education Week, April 22-26, 1918. The State Board of Education 
requested Mr. Ralph V. Sollitt, Alumni Secretary of Indiana University, 
and acting chairman of its executive committee for the Education Week 
Campaign in cooperation with the Speakers' Bvireau of the State Council 
of Defense, to send speakers to as many of the high schools of the state 
as it was possible to reach during the week of April 22-26, to urge high 
school boys and girls to remain in school. 

Governor James P. Goodrich issued a proclamation in which he paid 
tribute to the contribution of the schools of the state in "every appeal 
for the alleviation of suffering and for the perpetuation and extension of 
the principles of liberty". The proclamation closed with the request 
that "young people of school age, but too young for active service in the 
army and navy, may be impelled to continue their education". Hon. M. E. 
Foley, Chairman of the State Council of Defense, added a letter of hearty 
approval. 

All the higher educational institutions of the state, including Butler 
College, DePauw University, Earlham College, Franklin College, Hanover 
College, Indiana University, University of Notre Dame, Oakland City 
College, Purdue University, Valparaiso University, Wabash College, and 
the State Normal School, at their own expense, sent members of their 
respective faculties out as directed by the Bureau. Nearly three hundred 
schools were visited and addressed on the importance of maintaining in- 
terest in our schools even under the stress of war when lessons vital to 
community and national life wei^e likely to be temporarily forgotten. 

A syllabus as an aid to speakers was prepared and sent to each man 
who went out to address the high school boys and girls. It contained the 
Governor's proclamation and the State Chairman's letter^ approving 
the plan for Education Week, extracts from the President's addresses 
urging boys and girls to stay in school, quotations from letters and 
speeches of many public officials and articles from papers and magazines 
indorsing the campaign. 



2* See page 32 for letter of Mr. Foley. Mr. Hays resigned as State Chairman 
February 20, 1917, and was succeeded by Hon. Michael E. Foley on March 20. 



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The speakers who engaged in this work not only spoke on the import- 
ance of continuing in school, but they urged boys and girls everywhere 
to add their strength to the concerted efforts of all citizens in the imme- 
diate task of the nation — the winning of the war. 

Red Cross Second War Fund Drive. The assignment of speakers for 
the American Red Cross during its second war fund drive in May, 1918, 
was entrusted to the Speakers' Bureau of the State Council of Defense."^ 

In addition to. the men already listed with the Bureau, a number of 
speakers were sent to the state for this special campaign. 

The Lake Division of the Red Cross sent Privates Button, Maunders, 
and Pierce, wounded soldiers of the Canadian army. Lieutenant Robert 
Renard, of the French Army, Congressman C. C. Dill, of Oregon, Dr. A. 
W. Wishart, of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Miss Kathleen Burke, all with 
overseas experience. The Speaking Division of the Committee on Public 
Information scheduled Privates Harry Novak, Schuyler C. Mowrer,"" 
and Louis P. Bonee from the list of fifty soldiers sent to the United 
States by General Pershing to tell the American people about the partici- 
pation of the American Expeditionary Forces in the Great War. In ad- 
dition. Lieutenant Harry Lait, and Privates Thomas C. Henry and Harry 
Wickey, returned Canadian soldiers, contributed their services for the 
drive. 

War Savings Committee. The War Savings Committee,'^ with its 
headquarters at South Bend, frequently asked the Speakers' Bureau for 
assistance during its campaigns. Dr. Thomas E. T. Staton, a returned 
Canadian soldier and one of the Bureau's valued workers, assisted the 
committee in many of its special drives. Other special speakers sent at 
the request of the committee were: Private Schuyler C. Mowrer and 
Private Harry Novak of the American Expeditionary Forces, and Pri- 
vates Frank Woodgate and Harry Wickey of the Canadian army. Special 
addresses on Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps were also provided 
for on the programs of all the county war conferences. The War Savings 
Committee often assisted the Speakers' Bureau in filling engagements, 
especially in the northern part of the state. 

County Teachers' Institutes and Fairs. Recognizing the importance of 
the public schools as a powerful agency in shaping public opinion, a 
letter"^ was sent to all the county superintendents in Indiana in June, 
1918, suggesting that the State Council of Defense be allowed a place on 
their county institute program for a talk on the war. As the teacher's 
institutes and fairs were held simultaneously, a similar letter was sent 
to the various fair associations of the state. It was explained that the 
speakers, who would have a message worth while, were to be sent with- 
out charge except for local traveling expenses. 



-^See page 33 for a detailed summary of speaking engagements filled by the 
Speakers' Bureau in this campaign which resulted in a large over-subscription of 
Indiana's quota of the $100,000,000 asked by the national organization. 

28 A former student of the University wounded in action on February 26, 1918. 

^ The personnel of the committee consisted of Mr. J. D. Oliver, chairman ; Mr. 
Frank E. Hering, vice-chairman ; and Mr. R. M- Hutchison, director of publicity 
and Speakers' Bureau. 

'» S«e page 23 for this letter. 



Speakers^ Bureau of State Council of Defense 10 

The response coming- from county superintendents and the secretaries 
of fair associations indicated a great deal of interest in such addresses. A 
total of fifty-six institutes and fairs secured speakers, among whom 
were Dr. Lyman P. Powell, Major L. Gordon Sanford, Captain Walter 
Kilroy Harris, Private John A. Scott, Private Harry Wickey, and Mile. 
Marie Rose Lauler, all of whom had had experience in the war zone. 

After the Armistice. When the fighting ended on November 11, 1918, 
the demand for patriotic speakers practically ceased. Many requests, 
however, came in for men who were qualified by training or experience 
to give addresses on questions growing out of the war. The early 
suspension of all domestic work by the Committee on Public Information 
seriously interfered with the supply of speakers with specific messages 
related to such problems. Moreover, the widespi-ead epidemic of influ- 
enza made it necessary for the State Board of Health to put a ban on 
all public meetings for a time thruout Indiana. Satisfactory health con- 
ditions were never fully restored during the operation of the Bureau. 

Statistical Summary of Activities of Speakers. The following table 
shows the activities of speakers: 

Month Ninnhvr of i<pealcers Used Number of Engaycments 

Preceding September, 11)17.... 1.5 70 

September, 1917 1,5 15 

October 70 64 

November 45 40 

December 70 69 

January, 191S 60 62 

February !)5 118 

March - 196 146 

April 172 355 

May 100 262 

June S5 88 

Jiii.y 112 110 

August is:: 170 

September 75 125 

October ;;5 54 

November ]:; 44 

T()t;il ciiLCageiiieiits 1811 

It is not possible to estimate tlie nuuiber of addresses made as speakers 
were often called to speak a number of times before different groups. 
Speakers were also frequently assigned to a committee for a number of 
days. The total number of Indiana men used was 370. The number of 
out-of-state speakers was 85. 

EXPENSES OF THE BUREAU 
The Indiana State Coimcil of Defense was without funds when it was 
organized in June, 1917. As it could be financed only thru loans, to be 
later approved by the state legislature, it was necessary to exercise economy 
in expenditures. 



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State institutions and private and voluntary associations freely offered 
their assistance in the emergency. Indiana laiiversity's resources were 
offered to the nation and to the state for any work that might be helpful 
or necessary. 

It was agreed that one task that the University should assume was that 
of organizing and directing the speaking division of the State Council of 
Defense. The University agreed to furnish the personnel of the office, 
including a director, a secretary, and the necessary stenographic help. The 
Council agreed to furnish an office, pay all postage and telephone and tele- 
graph expenses. The Council also agreed to pay the traveling expenses 
of speakers whenever local committees failed to meet such engagements. 
The total expense to the Council was not to be greater than the amount 
expended by the University. 

Indiana University Extension Division furnished a director of the Bureau 
who devoted half time to that work from April, 1917, until May 15, 1918. 
From December, 1917, until the close of the war-speaking campaign, an 
assistant director gave practically full time to the work of the Bureau. 
A secretary and a stenographer were furnished thruout the war and, in 
addition, special help was furnished on various occasions when the work 
was very arduous. The maintenance of the Speakers' Bureau alone cost 
the Extension Division of the University approximately $5,500. 

Different professors^ were sent out at various times to aid in speaking 
campaigns. This represented an additional cost in both salary and travel- 
ing expenses. 

The Indiana State Normal School furnished one speaker, Professor 
Frank S. Bogardus, who devoted his entire time during January, February, 
and March, 1918, to organizing the high schools for war service. His ex- 
penses Avere paid by the school during that time. 



^ One professor devoted practically all of the year 1917-lS to speaking work. 
Part of this time was given to the Federal Food Administration. 



Appendix 



BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BUREAU 

I. Under Extension Division of Indiana University. 

1. April 3, 1917. Lecture work of Extension Division expanded 

for war speeches. 

2. April 6. Call sent to men in all colleges and universities of the 

state for speakers to assist in war lectures. 

8. May 1. Libraries, schools, woman's clubs, and other organiza- 
tions circularized offering lectures on the war without pay 
to speakers. 
II. Under State Committee for Mobilizing Educational Forces for War 

Service. 

1. May 5. Meeting of three hundred educators, representing all 

types of schools, in Indianapolis, in response to call of the 
Governor.^ Committee appointed. 

2. May 12. State Committee recommended that a Speakers' 

Bureau be established. 

3. May 15. Extension Division of Indiana University transferred 

its lecture work on war subjects to Speakers' Bureau organ- 
ized under this committee. 

4. June 20. The Council of Defense created an Educational Sec- 

tion which absorbed the State Committee for the Mobilization 
of Educational Forces. 
III. Under State Coimcil of Defense. 

1. June 20 to August S. Bureau continued its work under Educa- 

tional Section. 

2. August 8. The Chairman of the State Council of Defense re- 

quested the President of Indiana University to establish 
a special department for the securing of speakers for patriotic 
work. The Council approved the plan.- 

3. September 2. Speakers' Bureau established with regular per- 

manent personnel. 

4. October 8 to 28. Second Liberty Loan Campaign. 

5. November 14. Complete plan of organization, program, and 

budget submitted to State Council. 
G. November 21. Recommendations for plan of organization, pro- 
gram, and budget approved by the Council. The Council 
agreed, subject to the approval of the Chairman, to pay ex- 
penses equaling the expenditures of Indiana University, the 
State Normal School, and other agencies volunteering finan- 
cial assistance.^ 



1 See page 22 for proclamation. 

- The Chairman of the Council referred to the fact that cooperation of a similar 
type had been effected with Purdue University with respect to increased food pro- 
duction. See proceedings of tenth meeting of Indiana State Council of Defense. 

8 Proceedings of Twenty-fifth Meeting of Council for resolutions. 



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7. ]>('ct'mlior (i. Advisory ( '(umiiitU't', consisting of liuads of iui- 

poitaul war worl^, was appointed. 

8. ])eceiul)er 1.". and 14. State-wido war c-onferonce held in In- 

dianapolis. Speaker.s' Bureau sectional meeting. 

9. January 29 to February 14. County war conferences held thru- 

out the state. 

10. March 13 to April 5. Community war conferences supplement- 

ing the county conferences held in eighteen towns. 

11. April 6 to May 4. Third Liberty Loan Campaign. 

12. May 10 to May 2(5. Special attention directed to the Red 

Cross Second War Fund Drive, 
lo. July 4. Independence Day requests for patriotic addresses re- 
sulted in the assignment of 49 speakers. 

14. August 6 to September 13. Special speakers with war exper- 

ience sent to 56 teachers' institutes and state and county 
fairs, for one or two addresses. 

15. October 15. State organization of "Four-Minute" Men taken 

over by the Speakers" Bureau. 

16. September 25 to October 17. Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign. 

Influenza epidemic caused the cancellation of 61 dates. 

17. November 11. The signing of the armistice completely changed 

the work of the Speakers' Bureau. Requests came in for 
speakers competent to talk on reconstruction problems. 

18. December 1. The organization of the Speakers' Bureau with 

its joint plan of financial support was abandoned. The In- 
diana University p]xtension Division resumed its usual 
lecture work with the understanding tliat it would continue 
to respond to calls for speakers on subjects growing out of 
the war. This cooperation w^as extended the cliairman and 
secretary of the State Council of Defense until the Council 
w-as formally dissolved by the Governor, April 18, 1919. 

BROCLAMATION OF THE GOVERNOR CALLING EDUCATIONAL 

MEETING 

All the resources of tlie state and nation are being rapidly mobilized 
for the natioiuil defense. The voluntary service of everyone in some capac- 
ity in this national crisis is a plain and patriotic duty. 

Now% therefore, I, James r. Goodrich, Governor of Indiana, appreciating 
the great service which can be rendered to our nation by the schools of 
Indiana, do hereby, in coiiperation witli State Superintendent of Public 
Instruction, Dr. Horace Ellis, call the presidents of universities, colleges, 
and normal schools, the county and city superintendents, the heads of 
public, private, and parochial schools for an educational conference to be 
held at ten o'clock on Saturday, INIay 5th, in the Chamber of the House 
of Representatives for the purpose of i)lanning ways and means for the 
mobilization of the educational forces of the state which will provide for 
all an opportunity of enlisting in this paramount service to our state and 
nation. 



Speakers' Bureau of State Council of Defense 



9.T 



In witness wlieredf, 1 have 1i(m-ciiii(o sot my liaiul and causetl to he 
allixod the Seal of Ihe State, at the Capitol, in the City ot Indianapolis, 
this twenty-sevenlli day of April, 1917. 

(Signed) J. P. Goodrich, 
(Signed) Ed Jackson, Governoi. 

Secretary of State. 

LETTER TO COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS 

June 26, 1918. 
To County Superintendents of Schools : 

As the Indiana Public School system is a very powerful agency for the 
teaching of patriotism as unselfisli duty and devoted service, I am writing 
to ask whether you desire to reserve a place on your program this year 
for one or two speakers sent out by the State Council of Defense. 

Our Speakers' Bureau, through the cooperation of the Speaking Division 
of the Committee on Public Information at Washington, will have available, 
during the summer, a number of returned soldiers and special lecturers, 
some with overseas experience, who will liave a real message for the peo- 
ple of Indiana. 

These speakers can come to you for an address before your teachers and 
citizens either during the day or evening sessions without any charge 
except actual traveling expenses while in the state. 

If this plan meets with your approval, please let us know the date of 
your institute and your choice of the day and hour for the appearance of 
such speakers. In arranging the schedules the Bureau will endeavor to 
comply with your request. 

Very sincerely yours, 

R. E. Cavanaugh, 
y Acting Director, Speakers" Bureau. 

ARRANGEMENT OF ITINERARIES 

As an example of the work done by speakers who were sent to Indiana 
by the Speaking Division of tlie Committee on Public Information and the 
League to Enforce Peace, the following itineraries are published. After 
the arrangement of dates tlie Bureau furnished the speakers complete in- 
formation as to train schedule to be followed, the kind of audience and the 
organization and person in charge of the meeting. Necessary information 
was also sent to the local committees in charge. 



H/i<(il,-iii</ EiujiKjonvnlH of Dr. J.jpiuni P. Poinll in India mi 

January IS Indianapolis Butler College — Convocation 

January 19 Indianapolis Saturday Lunch Club 

January 20 Indianapolis Christ Church 

.Fanuary 22 Evansville High School Teachers — morning 

Rotary Club — noon 

January 2;'. Clinton Public meeting 

January 2n ...Notre Dame Notre Dame University- -Convo- 

cation 

January 2ti South Bend Indiana Club — noon 

January 27 Indianapolis All Souls' Unitarian Church 



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COUNTY WAR CONFERENCES 

January 28 Clay County Brazil 

January 29 Putnam county Greencastle 

January 30 Elkhart county Coshen 

January 31 Noble county Ligonier 

February 1 Marshall county Plymouth 

February 2 Henry county Newcastle 

February 4 Wayne county Richmond 

Febniary 5 Jay county Portland — afternoon 

February 5 Adams county Decatur— evening 

February 6 Miami county Peru 

February 7 Warren county Williamsport 

February 8 Newton county Kentland 

February 9 Hendricks coimty DanArille 

February 11 Jennings county North Vernon — afternoon 

February 11 Jefferson county Madison — evening 

February 12 Morgan county Martinsville 

February 13 Fountain county Covington 

Febniary 14 Benton county Fowler 

Itinerary of Captain Walter Kilroy Harris, Australian Traveler and Writer, 
Officer in British Army 

August 9 Rushville County institute and Chautauqua 

August 10 Spencer Joint celebration of Sunday Schools 

August 11 Brazil General patriotic meeting 

August 12 Indianapolis: 

Noon liotary Club 

Evening Keith's Theater address 

August 13 Mooresville Old settlers' meeting 

August 14 Nashville County teachers' institute 

August 15 Lebanon County teachers' institute 

August 16 Greensburg County teachers' institute 

August 17 Open date 

August 18 Manilla Church evening service 

August 19 Columbus County teachers' institute 

August 20 .Greencastle 

Afternoon County teachers' institute 

Morristown 

Evening Chautauqua 

August 21 Clay City Picnic and home-coming 

August 22 Franklin 

Afternoon County teachers' institute 
Scottsburg County teachers' institute (and gen- 
Evening eral patriotic meeting) 

August 23 Rockport County fair 

August 24 Glens Valley Community Red Cross meeting 

August 25 Batesville Chautauqua 

August 26 New Albany County teachers' institute 



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August 27 Bloomington 

Afternoon 

Bloomington 

Evening 

August 28 Marion 

August 29 Danville 

August 30 Terre Haute 

August 31 South Whitley 

September 1 Crawfordsville 

September 2 Hartford City 

Morning 

Muncie 

Afternoon 

September 3 Cannelton* 

September 4 Corydon* 

Septeml)er 5 1'rinceton'' 

September G LaPorte* 



County loacliors' institute 

Franchise League 
County teachers' inslitute 
County teachers' institute 
Covmty teachers' institute 
Service flag dedication 
Kililc class 

County teaclicrs" institutes 

Labor Day 

County teachers" institute 

County teachers' institute 

County fair 

County teacliers' institute 



LIBERTY LOAN SYLLABUS 

In addition to the Liberty Loan Speakers' Handbook, published by the 
United States Treasury Department, a syllabus on the Second and Third 
Loans was sent to each speaker. Two himdred copies of the latter were 
furnished the Indiana Liberty Loan Speakers' Bureau for distribution to 
its special list of speakers. 

The following is a copy of the Second Liberty I-oan syllabus : 

I. Why we are in the war. 

A 

1. Prussia destroyed the peace of the world. 

2. Germany violated intei'national law. 

3. Germany attacked us on the seas. 

4. She broke her agi'eement to respect neutral rights. 

5. She used her agents to injure us at home while we were not at 

war. 

6. She attempted to align Mexico and Japan against us. 

7. She has proved herself an outlaw. Her present government 

cannot be trusted. 

B 

1. This is an era of internationalism. 

2. We are responsible for the rights and wrongs of nations other 

than our own. 

3. We are responsible for the coming peace. 
II. Our instruments of war. 

The army, the navy, food, money. 
III. Tlie present crisis a money crisis — the Second Liberty Loan the meas- 
ure which will meet the crisis. 
1. Allies need money. 



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2. (3nr war govornment needs money. 

3. Speed in the raising of the money will affect (^ermany's peace 

movement. Germany is about to float another loan. Her 
spies are watching our attempt. 

4. We are committed to war. Preparation, money, will shorten 

it and lessen the evils, the bloodshed, 

5. (Germany is committed to war and a great subscription to our 

loan will shake her determination. 
I v. Evei\v patriot must sacrifice to help win the war. 

1. We all must pay indirectly. 

2. We all must save, stop waste, conserve food. 

3. We must save money because it represents food, clothing, 

mimitions, supplies for us and our allies. 
V. The Liberty Loan is a war instriunent, an opportunity for sacrifice. 
The Bond : a great investment. 

1. It is for rich and poor — $50. 

2. It is safe, a mortgage backed by the government and the people 

of the richest nation. 

3. It pays 4 per cent. 

4. It can be converted, borrowed upon. 

5. It is offered direct, no bank makes a profit. 

0. It is an inducement to thi-ift. 

7. It can be obtained for a small sum down. 
S. The average buyer will pay no tax on the bond. 
9. The bond means a vote of confidence in our cause. 
VI. The success of the Liberty Loan means : 

1. We serve notice on autocracy of our determination to fight till 

democracy is safe. 

2. We give our Allies the assurance of our certain help in the 

cause of world peace. 

3. We make concrete proof that the people are behind their gov- 

ernment — the essence of democracy at war. 

4. AVe capitalize the resources of the United States, capital to 

finance the greatest venture of industry, business, po]iti<'s — 
to promote the great business of permanent peace. 

A LIST QF QUESTIONS 

The following twenty-nine questions clipped from a list appearing in 
The Public in the spring of 1918 were mimeographed for all the speakers. 
This list of questions attracted much attention and called for considerable 
comment. Some members of the staff asked for references and informa- 
tion, others thought the Bureau was attempting to shape their opinions on 
political and social questions. The fact, however, that the material which 
they had received was entirely in the form of questions was usually suffi- 
cient evidence that the object was only to provoke thought and stimulate 
interest. Both pui-poscs were accomplished among the most progressive 
members of the staff. 



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HOW M^iNY OF THESE THINOS DO YOU KNOW ABOUT? 

1. Do you know without looking it up, what President Wilson's fourtecm 

"war aims'" are? 

2. What dianges in the nini) do tliese points involve? 

3. What changes would they necessitate in the economic relations be- 

tween the principal peoples of the world? 

4. What changes might they not involve in your own life? 

r». With which of these points are the Central Powers in agreement? 

G. When the treaty of peace is drawn, what main problems must it solve 
^in Russia? in China? in Africa? in Asia Minor? in the 
Balkans? in Turkey? in the Mediterranean? in the Baltic? 

7. What interests, what peoples, conflict in these areas, and why do they 

conflict ? 

8. What do the Germans mean by "freedom of the seas" and what does 

President Wilson mean? 

9. What tremendous changes in life of all the inhabitants of the world 

is involved in the proposed absolute "freedom of economic inter- 
course" ? 

10. How would "free economic intercourse" affect laborers and cap- 

italists, and business in general, in this coimtry? 

11. What dangers of future conflict lie in "universal free trade", and 

is there any way in which these can be avoided? 

12. Exactly what are the various proposals that have been advanced look- 

ing to the formation of a "world parliament" or "world court"? 
1.*). Can you think of any plan by which a "world parliament" or a "world 
court" could be effective, without the establishment also of a "world 
executive"? 

14. What powers would this nation, and other nations, be obliged to re- 

linquish totally to an effective "world parliament"? 

15. Is it true that imperialists in England, France, Japan, and America — 

as well as in Germany— would prefer a "peace of compromise" to 
President Wilson's peace of justice?" If they do, why do they? 

16. Exactly what economic changes do the Bolsheviki aim to effect In 

Russia, and elsewhere, if they can? 

17. In what way do their ideas of a "general peace" differ from President 

Wilson's ideas? 

18. What are the prospects in Russia for the peiiietuation or the over- 

throw of tlie Bolsheviki regime, now that the Allied governments 
have virtually "recognized" them? 
10. What, precisely, was the German "game'' in the establishment of 
small states in Russia? 

20. What economic factors make quite impossible any long continuation 

of the present "peace" with Russia? 

21. What racial groups, and what classes, in Germany and Austria, are 

opposed to Pan-Germanism, and why? 

22. What precisely are the "war aims" of the English Labor Party and 

the French Socialists? 

23. How do they differ from the "war aims" of other parties in England 

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24. What concrete propositions have been advanced to settle the vexed 

question of Alsace-Lorraine? 

25. If, after the war, Russia persists in repudiating its debt of billions 

of dollars, what policy should the United States adopt in the situa- 
tion? 

26. What are the chi(>f intenitil prol)leins likely to arise in this country 

after the war? 

27. What revolutionary "after-the-war" changes have the English Labor 

Party demanded of their government? 

28. Why has the powerful anti-American element in INIexico and South 

America been unable as yet' to form a coalition of these southern 
nations against the United States, and what efforts have they already 
made in this direction? 

29. What concretely does the English Labor Party want when it demands 

"democratization of industry"? 

TOPICS ON THE WAR 

I. I*olitical aspects and problems. 

1. The causes of the great conflict: intense nationalism, jealousy, 

rivalry, economic imperialism. 

2. German political philosophy ; Mittel Europa ; Berlin-to-Bagdad 

route ; dangers of the Pan-German scheme. 

'i. Why the United States is in the war. "The world must be 
made safe for democracy." 

4. The aims of America and the Allies. Necessity of singleness 
of aim. President Wilson's diplomatic policy ; German gov- 
ernment versus German people. "Germany free or power- 
less." Particularist aims of Allies — why they must be 
secondary to the larger aim of making the world free of 
autocracy. 
II. Constructive patriotism. 

1. How the war came to America. 

2. Historical backgrounds of the war. Why the United States 

is peculiarly fitted for a war for democracy. 

3. National unity. Americanization of the immigrant and the 

negro. "The foes of our own household." Dangers of ap- 
peal to class feeling. Promotion of true loyalty. Tests of 
loyalty. 

4. Efficient democracy. 
III. War psychology. 

1. Spread-eagleism and the danger of national egotism. Right 

and wrong kinds of war propaganda. How to meet the 
propaganda of pro-Germans, pacifists, and junkers. 

2. Censorship of the press ; free speech ; persecution of "unbe- 

lievers" ; war hysteria. 
IV. Social aspects and lessons of the war. 

1. Economical and social reorganization. Cooperative versus 
competitive effort. Social classes and the war. 



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2. Social welfare and (lie war. War's jueuace to the family- 

absence of father, employment of mother, dangers to chil- 
dren. Illegitimacy and the care and status of the illegiti- 
mate child. Restoration to returned soldiers of the ideals 
of family life. 

3. Civilian relief. Home Service of the Red Cross. Social ser- 

vice agencies. Allowances to dependents of men in military 
and naval service. 

4. The lessons of sacrifice : thrift ; elimination of waste ; reduced 

consumption of luxuries ; generosity in contribution to pub- 
lic causes. How the lessons of voluntary service and co- 
operation can be carried over into peace times. 

5. Religion and the war. 
V. Problems of the home-maker. 

1. Responsibility of the individual home-maker in matters of 

conservation. 

2. Child conservation from the standpoint of the home. 
VI. Constitutional and legal aspects. 

1. International law and the war. The blockade ; guarantees to 

neutrals. Present trend of the law of w-ar. 

2. War powers of the President and Congress. Necessity of 

temporary "autocracy". "Democracy is a bad war maker" — 
why? 

3. Personal and property rights during the war. Conscription of 

men and wealth. 
VII. The military establishment. 

1. Problems of the soldier in camp and trench. Health, morals, 

occupations, recreation. The Y.M.C.A. and similar organ- 
izations. 

2. Universal military service. Its advantages and dangers. Its 

alternative: universal public service, "the moral equivalent 
of war". Swiss and Australian systems. 

3. The conscientious objector. 

4. The traitor. Who is to .judge him? 
VIII. National efficiency. 

1. Conservation of natural resources : land, timber, coal, iron, 

oil, etc. Government or private control? 

2. Conservation of the necessities of life : food, etc. Price-fixing, 

food administration, agricultural mobilization, embargo on 
necessities, national prohibition. 

3. Etlicient organization of transportation and distribution. 

Railroads, merchant marine, priority questions, markets, 
elevators, warehouses. 

4. (Conservation of human resources. Public health in war time. 

Mental hygiene. Social hygiene. Child hygiene. Health 
insurance. 
IX. Labor and industry. 

1. Labor standards in war time: w'ages, hours of work, health 
of workers, housing. What we can learn from the exper- 
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L'. Kiiiploymoiit of womoji and children. Experience ol Uie Allies. 

0. Inilustrial relations. Official recognition of unions. Strikes. 

Industrial agreements. Desirability of a national labor 
policy. 

4. Industrial mobilization. Cooperation versus competition. Sci- 

entific management — opposition of organized labor ; is its 
argument valid? Profits, unemployment, labor turnover. 
Socialization of industry. 

5. Training and occupations for the physically handicapped. 
X. War finance. 

1. Relative advantages of taxation and bond issues. Income 

taxes. Inheritance taxes. Excess profits taxes. 
XI. Educational problems. 

1. Keeping the schools alive. Maintenance of existing standards. 

Teacher's duty in war time. Study of social problems. Re- 
lation of the schools to Junior Red Cross, Boys' Working 
Reserve, and other patriotic organizations. How the schools 
may contribute to efficient, loyal citizenship. 

2. Reconstruction thru education. Wider use of school plant. 

Community centers. Continuation schools. Evening classes 
and Americanization of immigrant. Physical education and 
training. School hygiene. Recreation. Playgrounds. Vo- 
cational guidance and education. 

3. The war and the universities. 
XII. The war and childhood. 

1. Child conservation, from the standpoint of society. Baby- 

saving, child hygiene, child welfare, care of defective chil- 
dren, medical inspection, clinics for children. 

2. Child labor. "Do not grind the seed corn." 

3. Juvenile delinquency. Relation to i*ecreation. Dangers in 

the war-time movie and play. Dropping of home standards 

during absence of father. Necessary constructive social 

work. 
XIII. Women and war. 

1. The widening world of women : economic, social, political. 

Women in men's positions. Married women in industry. 

Woman suffrage. 
XIV. Special and technical problems. 

1. City planning. 

2. Treatment of burns. 

3. Treatment of septic wounds. 

4. Military surgery. 
XV. Reconstruction. 

1. Program of internationalism. Why the Hague courts and 

tribunal have failed to maintain i»caci>. Various peace or- 
ganizations proposed, e.g.. League of Nations. League to 
Enforce Peace. Basis of an enduring peace. 

2. Economic consefinences of ■ the war. Trade war after the 

war'.'' Tariff: has it any place in a peace program? Post- 



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war iiiimisnition. L.iiul in-oblem ;ifler the war. What in- 
dustrialism can loarn from milit<irism. 
'A. New foreign policy of the United States. Extension of the 
Monroe Doctrine. Future relations with Latin-America, 
Western Europe, Central Europe, Near East, Far East, 
Africa. Our attitude toward development of backward coiui- 
tries. i'^' 

4. New map of Europe. Anstria-IlTuiKary, Poland. Alsace-Lor- 

raine, Italia Irredenta. The Near East. 

5. Social insurance. State insiu'ance instead of pensions. In- 

surance for civil workers. 
(5. World democracy. Democratic control of foreisji policy. 
Rights of small nations. Democracy must be made safe for 
the world. Incompatability of democracy and war. 

TERSONNEL OF THE EDUCATIONAL SECTION 

The original Educational Committee was as follows : 

Jacob G. Collicott, State Director of Vocational Education, Cliairinan, 

Indianapolis 
J. J. Pettijohn, Director of Indiana University Extension Division, 

Secretary, Bloomington 
L. P. Benezet, Superintendent of Schools. Evansville 
Mrs. Eliza A. Blaker, Teachers" College, Indianapolis 
Professor F. S. Bogardus, State Normal School, Terre Haute 
President William Lowe Bryan, Indiana University, Blooniing(on 
Lee L. Driver, County Superintendent of Schools, Winchester 
Donald DuShane, Superintendent of Schools, Clinton 
Thomas F. Fitzgibbon, Superintendent of Schools, Columbus 
J. W. Laird, President Central Normal College. Danville 
President George L. Mackintosh, Wabash College. Crawfordsville 
E. O. Maple, Superintendent of Schools, Vincennes 
T. T. Martin, County Superintendent of Schools, Danville 
President William A. Millis, Hanover College, Hanover 
Benjamin F. Moore, Superintendent of Schools, Muncie 
Richard Park, County Superintendent of Schools, Sullivan 
President William W. Parsons, State Normal School, Terre Haute 
Frank Pickell, Principal High School, Richmond 
Oscar M. Pittenger, Superintendent of Schools, Fi-ankfort 
Professor George L. Roberts, Purdue University, LaFayette 
Lyle Shank, County Superintendent of Schools, Angola 
President W. E. Stone. Purdue I'niversity, LaFayette 
Miss Anna Willson, Principal High School, Crawfordsville 

When the committee was taken over as the Educational Section of the 
State Covmcil of Defense, Dr. Horace Ellis. State Superintendent of Public 
Instruction, was made chairman. Mr. Collicott became vice-chairman. 
Robert E. Cavanaugh, Superintendent of the Salem schools, was added 
as assistant secretaiT in October, 1917. County Superintendent T. T. Mar- 
tin, of Danville, resigned to accept an educational position in Delaware 



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in the spring of 191S. His place was filled by the appointment of County 
Superintendent George J. Richman of Greenfield. 

SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR WAR CONFERENCE 

JanuaiT 23, 1918. 

Chairman Coimty 

Council of Defense 
Dear Sir: 

The date of your county's War Conference is 

The speaker from Washington, D.C., is 

In addition, through this Bureau, other speakers will be sent as follows : 

(general patriotic addi'ess.) 

(War Savings and Thrift Stamp representative.) 

(Representative of Educational Section, State 

Council of Defense.) 

(Representative of Red Cross, Lake Division.) 

(Representative of U.S. Boys' Working Reserve) 

(Representative Women's Section State Council 

of Defense.) 
Enclosed is a suggested program which is largely self-explanatory. 
Please understand that whatever arrangements your program committee 
make, place should be foimd for the five or six speakers sent through this 
Bureau. These speakers are specially selected and trained for presentation 
of particular governmental war activities and for pui-poses of consultation 
with their respective local organizations ; they cannot easily be diverted 
without upsetting the plans of the organizations which provide for their 
service. Later we shall inform you definitely at what time of the day each 
speaker will have to be released so as to make train connections and pro- 
ceed on the circuit. 

You may be sure that the speakers will prove wholly satisfactory. If 
there should be changes in personnel you will he informed fully. 

J. J. Pettijohn, 
Director Speakers' Bureau. 

INDORSEMENT OF EDUCATION WEEK 

April 17, 191S. 
The important business at hand right now is to defeat Germany. After 
that has been accomplished the important business will be to reconstruct the 
world which has been devastated by war. Both tasks require the highest 
possible degree of training and leadership. 

Tills war was largely made in German schools. Our hope to vvin and to 
make the whole world better rests in no small degree upon the broad- 
minded ideals and the technical training for which our schools stand. To 
those who are below military age or who have not yet found their places in 
military service, the schools offer the best opportunity to secure the tech- 
nical training and the broad-minded leadership so essential today. 

Michael E. Foley, 
Chairman, State Council of Defense. 



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RED CROSS DATES 
SECOND WAR FUND DRIVE, MAY, 1918 



Dale Place. In Charge - Spenkei- 

10. . .Richmond J. H. Bentley Hon. Charles B. Timber- 
Lake. 

12 . . . Ripley County M. F. Boliland Ralph V. Sollitt, Edgar 

Webb, Frederick Van 
Nuys, James E. Deery, 
Edgar J. Llewelyn. 

12. . . Fountaiutown H. N. Spear Charles H. Caton. 

12. . .Morristown H. N. Spear G. E. Turner. 

12. . . Fairland H. N. Spear Private Thomas C. Henry. 

12. . . Waldron H.N. Spear Harry G. Hill. 

12. . .College Corner W. P. Kennedy. ....'. .Jonathon Rigdon. 

12. . .Tipton J. R. Coleman Alva J. Rucker, B. B. 

Shively. 

13. . . Indianapolis R. Aldred Lieutenant Harry Lait. 

14. . . Indianapolis R. S. Trent Privates Harry Novak, 

Schuyler C. Mowrer, 
Louis P. Bonee. 

14 . . . Indianapolis Press Club Private Harry Wickey . 

15. . .Brownsville W. P. Kennedy W. Paul Marsh. 

15. . . Indianapolis War Mothers Private^ Harry Wickey. 

15. . .White County J. H. MeCully Private Mowrer. 

16. . .White County J. H. McCully Private Mowrer. 

16. . .Bloomington W. D. Howe Private M. Button. 

16. . .Brownsville W. P. Kennedy J. M. Francis. 

16. . .Muneie C. B. Cecil Private Harry Wickey. 

16. . . Indianapolis Mrs. R. E. Kenington. . Lieutenant Harry Lait. 

16. . . Lafayette Mr. Rose Private S. Pearce. 

17. . .Lafayette Mr. Rose Private S. Pearce. 

16. . .Vincennes Thos. H. Adams Private G. C. Maunders. 

17. . .Vincennes Thos. H. Adams Private G. C. Maunders. 

17. . .Hillsboro J. E. Tinsley Private Harry Wickey. 

17 . . . Knox F. L. Miller David J. McDonald. 

17. . .Acton Mrs. Clark Private Harry Novak. 

17. . .Indianapolis Miss Mason Private Harry Novak. 

17. . .Brazil R. E. Wolf Captain Clayton F. Emig. 

17. . .Indianapolis Mr. Standke Lieutenant Harry Lait. 

17. . . Portland L. R. Cartwright Lieutenant Robert Renard, 

French Army. 

17. . . Dunkirk L. R. Cartwi'ight Lieutenant Robert Renard, 

French Army. 

17. . .Marion A. E. Highley William W. Black. 

17. . .Winchester H. C. Focht Private Schuyler C. Mow- 
rer. 

17. . .Randolph County . .H. C. Focht Private Schuyler C. Mow- 



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Date Place In Charge Speaker 

18. . . Crown Point F. B. Pattee Private L. P. Bonee. 

18. . .\Miiting- F. N. Gavit Private L. P. Bonee, E. C. 

Elliott. 
18. . .Farmland H. C. Foclit Private Sehiiy4er C. Mow- 

rer. 
18. . . Frankfort E. D. Salkeld Lieutenant Robert Ren- 

ard. 

18. . .Gosport E. T. Lewis John S. Crowder. 

18. . .Greenfield J. L. Allen Private Harry Novak. 

IS. . .Hanover C. Marshall Private Harry Wickey, 

Philip Zoereher. 

IS. . . Indianapolis War Chest Dr. A. W. Wisliart. 

18. . .LawTcneebnrg V. M. O'Shaiighnessy. .Dr. A. W. Wishart. 

18. . . Lebanon E. C. GuUion Lieutenant Robert Renard. 

18. . .Pittsboro O.-T. Scanimahorn . . . .Private M. Button. 

18. . .Valparaiso Thos. F. WiUiams Herman F. Willkie. 

19. . .Angola W. P. Sneathen F. S. Bogardus. 

19. . . Brooklyn J. W. Hussey L. A. Harriman. 

19. . .Brookville E. B. Thomas Private Harry Novak, E. 

M. Muncie. 

19. . .Carlisle A. L. Williams T. C. Whallon, C. V. Ha- 

worth. 

19. . .Cicero E. E. Cloe G. E. Turner. 

19. . . CHnton Donald DuShane Private Schuyler C. Mow- 

rer. 

19. . .Columbus JohnE. Northwixy Herman F. Willkie. 

19. . .Delphi Mr. Reed H. E. Negley. 

19. . .Edinburg R. C. Mayhall Private L. P. Bonee, Alva 

J. Rucker. 

19. . .Frankfort E. D. Salkeld John S. Crowder. 

19. . .Goshen Mrs. G. Dausman Private T. C. Henry. 

19. . .Indianapolis Mr. Smith David J. McDonald. 

19. . . Indianapolis William Fortune Dr. A. W. Wishart. 

19 . . . Liberty W. P. Kennedy Charles H. Caton. 

19. . . Linton E. Talbott J. D. McHorne. 

19. . . Loogootee W. K. Penrod James E. Deery 

19. . .Madison C. Marshall Earl Sample, 

Private Harry Wickey. 

19. . .M Iroy \V. E. Wa]L;r;ner Lieutenant Hai*ry Lait. 

19. . .Mishawaka D. W. Horten Private Schuyler C. Mow- 

rer. 

19. . .Montpelier M. C. Townsend Hon. C. C. Dill. 

19 . . jSTorgantov, n J. W. Hussey T'is E. Gulley. 

IvV . .Muncie T. F. Rose Dr. A. W. Wishart. 

1. ..New Albany W. B. Creed Privates M. Button, S. 

Pearce, A. J. Rucker, J. 
A. Woodburn. 

19. . .North Manchester. .F. W. Plummer Private G. C. Maunders, 

F. C. Tilden. 



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Date Place In Charge Speaker 

19, . .Nortli Vernon H. C Meloy Private S. Pearee, IMiilip 

Zoerehcr. 

19 . . , Paragon J. W. Hussey Patrick J. Lynch. 

19. . .Petersburg W. L. Clark Edward C. Toner. 

19. . .Rushvillc E. B. Thomas Private Harry Novak, E. 

M. Muncie. 

19. . .Shelbyville A. H. Pitkin Private L. P. Bonee. 

19. . . Shoals W. K. Penrod James E. Deery. 

19. . .Thorntown M. S. Barker E. W. Felt. 

19. . .Tipton J. R. Coleman W. E. Smythe. 

19. . .Union City H. E. Foeht Hon. C. C. Dill. 

19. . .Versailles M. F. Boliland Horace Ellis. 

19. . .Vincennes T. H. Adams Edward C. Toner. 

19. . .Waliash F. W. Plummer Private G. C. Maunders, 

F. C. Tilden. 

19. . .Wallace A. B. Lowe E. E. Cloe. 

19. . .Whitestown E. C. Gullion L. Sherman Davis. 

19. . .Winchester F. C. Focht Hon. C. C. Dill. 

19. . .Windfall J. R. Coleman W. E. Smythe. 

19. . .Winslow W. L. Clarke CD. Hunt. 

20. . .Aurora J. J. Baekman Private Harry Wickey. 

20 . . . Crown Point F. B. Pattee L. Sherman Davis. 

20. . .Evansville S. L. Orr Private L. P. Bonee. 

20. . .Ft. Wayne E. Miller Private G. C. Maunders, 

Dr. A. W. Wishart. 

20. . . Gary H. S. Norton Private Schuyler C. Mow- 

rer. 

20. . . Gas City G. E. Rippey Lieutenant Harry Lait. 

20. . . Goshen Mrs. G. Dausjnan Private Thomas C. Henry. 

20. . .Gosport J. W. Moore Ralph V. Sollitt. 

20. . .Hammond A. M. Turner Hon. C. C. Dill. 

20. . . Lapel Red Cross Chapter .... Edward C. Toner. 

20 . . . Laporte H. B. Darling Karl Lenz. 

20. . .Marion G. E. Rippey Lieutenant Harry Lait. 

20. . .Martinsville J. W. Hussey John S. Crowder. 

20. . .Noblesville E. E. Cloe Edward C. Toner. 

20 . . . Peru J. F. Stutesman Private Harry Novak. 

20. . .Rising Sun J. J. Baekman Private Harry Wickey. 

20 . . . Huntingburg N. F. Hutchison Privates M. Button, S. 

Pearee, J. J. Becker. 

21 . . .Huntingburg N. F. Hutchison Privates M. Button, S. 

Pearee, J. J. Becker. 

21 . . .Muncie C. B. Cecil Dr. A. W. Wishart. 

21 . . .Anderson J. A. VanOsdal Patrick J. Lynch. 

21 . . .Elwood Mr. Carpenter Private Harry Wickey, C. 

H. Caton. 

21 . . . Evansville S. L. Orr Private L. P. Bonee. 

21. . .Lafayette '. . .Mr. Rose Hon. C. C. Dill. 

21 . . . G^sian E. D. Poffenberger W. Paul Marsh. 



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Date Place In Charge Speaker 

21 . . . Richmond J. H. Bentley Private G. C. Maunders. 

21 . . .Terre Haute W. C. Ball Dr. A. W. Wishart. 

21 . . . Union City J. W. Patehell Private Harry Novak, Ed- 
ward C. Toner. 

21 . . .Winchester F. C. Focht Private Schuyler C. Mow- 

rer. 

22. . .Randolph County . .F. C. F'ocht Private Schuyler C. Mow- 

rer. 

22 . . . Spencer G. W. Moore Private Harry Novak. 

22. . .Noblesville E. E. Cloe Private G. C. Maunders. 

22. . .Ft. Wayne F. W. Shockley Miss Kathleen Burke. 

22. . . Winslow W. L. Clarke Privates M. Button, S. 

Pearee. 
22. . .Bloomington W. D. Howe Private Schuyler C. Mow- 

rer. 

22. . .Cempbellsburg Mrs. J. W. Holliday. . . .William W. Black. 

23 . . . Quincy G. W. Moore Charles H. Caton. 

23. . .Perry County H. M. Clemon Private Harry Novak, 

J. J. Becker. 
23 . . . Indianapolis E. Cohn Miss Kathleen Burke. 

23 . . . Laporte H. B. Darling Private G. C. Maunders. 

24 . . . Laporte H. B. Darling Private G. C. Maunders. 

23 . . . Paoli E. L. Tha-oop Private Schuyler C. Mow- 

rer. 

24 . . . Paoli E. L. Throop Private Schuyler C. Mow- 

rer. 

23. . .Princeton C. A. Smith Privates M. Button, S. 

Pearee. 

24. . .Princeton C. A. Smith Privates M. Button, S. 

Pearee. 
23. . .New Albany CD. Kelso Dr. A. W. Wishart. 

23. . .Salem Mrs. C. N. Lindley Dr. A. W. Wishart. 

24. . .Evansville ,. . . .M. J. Merritt Miss Kathleen Burke. 

24. . .Vincennes Thomas H. Adams Dr. A. W. Wishart. 

24. . .Salem R. E. Cavanaugh Hon. A. C. Moulaert. 

25. . .Bicknell J. N. Dyer Private Schuyler C. Mow- 

rer. 
25. . .Terre Haute Mrs. L. J. Cox Miss Kathleen Burke. 

25. . . Indianapolis R. S. Trent Hon. A. C. Moulaert. 

In addition to the above, the Bureau furnished six returned soldiers for 
five days' speaking under the direction of the Indianapolis Chamber of Com- 
merce. Thej^ spoke at sixteen factories and stores. 

Summary 

Total number of places 148 

Total number of addresses 221 

Number of cancelled dates 11 



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PERSONNEL OF THE SPEAKERS' BUREAU 

Office Force. The lecture service of Indiana University w^as under the 
direction of Professor J. J. Pettijohn, Director of the Extension Division. 
When the w^ar spealcing was added, Mr. Pettijohn continued to direct the 
work. After the appointment of the Educational Committee,^ Dr. Horace 
Ellis, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, assisted in the assign- 
ment of speakers, chiefly from educational institutions, for patriotic 
meetings. 

When the State Council of Defense arranged with Indiana University 
for the organization and maintenance of the Speakers' Bureau, Mr. Petti- 
john was appointed Director. He was assisted in the organization work 
by Mr. W. S. Bittner and Miss Mary B. Orvis. Later Miss Edith M. 
Evans and Miss Florence L. Siegel were added to the office force as 
secretary and stenographer, respectively. After December, 1917, Robert 
E. Cavanaugh, as assistant director, gave full time to the work of the 
Bureau which was now constantly increasing as the war policies of the 
government called more and more for united patriotic effort thruout the 
nation. Very efficient assistance was given the Bureau by Mr. Bert 
Hendren, of the State Board of Accounts, who volunteered his services 
during the county and community war conferences from January to 
April, 1918. 

The Advisory Committee. The advisoi-y committee, which was chosen 
in December, 1917, consisted of the following members: 

Thomas F. Moran, Purdue University and National Security League 

William L. Bryan, Indiana University and State Board of Education 

Hugh McK. Landon, War Service Board 

W. A. Bastian and W. H. Eichorn 

H. E. Barnard, Federal Food Administrator 

Evans Woollen, Federal Fuel Administrator 

A. M. Hall, League to Enforce Peace 

Philip T. White. "Four-Minute" jMon 

Mrs. Anne Studebaker Carlisle, Women's Section, State Council of Defense 

After Mr. Pettijohn was called to Washington in May, 1918, to assist 
in the direction of the work of the Speaking Division of the Committee 
on Public Information, the Bureau was under the direction of Mr. Cav- 
anaugh. The organization consisting of Mr. Cavanaugh, acting director; 
Miss Evans, secretary; and Miss Siegel, stenographer and office assistant, 
remained unchanged until the close of the war work of the Bureau. 

Indiana Speakers. When the call for speakers was sent out early in 
the summer of 1917 the response was generous from every section of 
Indiana. It was not possible to use all who volunteered to speak. An 
effort was made always to assign capable speakers who were available 
at the least expense of time and money. The published list does not 
include the army of efficient speakers who spoke for various other organ- 



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izations thruout the state, nor does it include the hundreds of cnpniilc 
and patriotic women who were registered with their own bureau." 

An effort has been made, however, to include in the following list all 
speakers who filled engagements under the immediate direction of the 
Speakers' Bureau of the State Council of Defense: 



1 iidUiKd Spcal;crs 



Georgo Ado Brook 

Claris Adams Indianapolis 

Thomas H. Adams Vincennes 

E. A. Anderson Valparaiso 

Robeii D. Armstrong. . .Indianapolis 

Luman K. Babcock Indianapolis 

Herman Babson LaFayette 

A. H. Backus Dunkirk 

W. C. Ball Muncio 

Emerson Ballard Ciawfoidsvillc 

F. O. Ballard Hanover 

George M. Batnaid Newca.stle 

Harry E. Barnard Indianapolis 

Henry A. Barnliart Rochester 

S. A. Barnes Seymour 

Emerson Bassett Shelbyville 

James O. Batchelor Marion 

J. O. Beck LaFayette 

Wymond J. Becket Indianapolis 

J. J. Becker Notre Dame 

A. F. Bentley Indianapolis 

Chailes Bingham Indianapolis 

Walton S. Bittner Bloomington 

F. S. Bogardus Terre Haute 

William F. Book Bloomington 

W. H. Book Columbus 

Charles A. Bookwalter. .Indianapolis 

M. J. Bowman Valparaiso 

William W. Black Bloomington 

Oscar E. Bland Linton 

Benjamin Blumbeig. . . .Terre Haute 

Benjamin Bosse Evansville 

John S. Buczhow.ski South Bend 

B. J. Burris Indianapolis 

Joseph Burke Notre Dame 

Geoige Buck Indianapolis 

Edgar D. Bush Salem 

Claude G. Boweis Ft. Wayne 

Lee Bratton Lebanon 

W. B. Brumflel LaFayette 

E. M. Brown Crawfordsville 

William Lowe Bryan. . . .Bloomington 

Harry A. Biierk New Albany 

Hayes Buskirk Bloomington 

Charles H. Caton Indianapolis 

John Cavanaugh Notre Dame 

Walter S. Chambers. . . .Newcastle 

John C. Chaney Sullivan 

George I. Ch'-istie LaFayette 

John Chewning Rockport 

E. E. Cloe Noblesville 



Earl Coble Redkey 

J.~A. Clement Greencastle 

J. W. Cockiimi Oakland City 

Christopher B. Coleman. Indianapolis 

Jacob G. Collicott Indianajjolis 

Robert E. Cavanaugh. . . Salem 

James A. Collins Indianapolis 

Joseph Conroy Hammond 

John M. Cooney No^re Dann; 

Homer L. Cook Indianapolis 

C. W. C'oons Crawfoidsvillo 

Stanley Coulter Lai ayette 

Charles E. Cox Indianapolis 

W. E. CoJc Jasper 

Dale Crittenbei ger . . . > . . Anderson 
John S. Crowder Lndianapolis 

D. Frank Culbeitson. . . .Vincennes 

William A. Cullop Vincennes 

Charles M. Cuiry Terre Haute 

Harvey Cushman Indianapolis 

Frank C. Dailey Indianapolis 

W. P. Dearing Oakland City 

Charles L. DeBow LaGiange 

James E. Deery Indianapolis 

J. P. Denny Portland 

George K. Denton Evansville 

Thomas Davidson Greencastle 

Paul G. Davis Indianapolis 

C. E. Davis Linton 

L. Sherman Davis Bloomington 

Lincoln Dixon North Vernon 

L. H. Dirks Indianapolis 

A. H. Douglas Logansport 

Lee L. Driver Winche.ster 

Donald DuShane Clinton 

Frank Duffy . Indianapolis 

Edgar Durre ■ . .Evansville 

J. N. Dyer Vincennes 

W. H. Dye Noblesville 

George M. Eberhardt . . . Himtington 

David M. Edwards Richmond 

John W. Eggeman Ft. Wayne 

C. R. Elliott Mill Creek 

Richard N. Elliott Connersville 

Edward P. Eisner Seymour 

Horace Ellis Indianapolis 

L. C. Embree Princeton 

W. H. Eichorn Bluffton 

Logan Esarey Bloomington 

L. W. Fairfield Angola. 

W. E. Farrell Notro Dame 



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Fied R. Farmim LaPorte 

Calvin Faris ISIitchell 

E. W. Felt lndianai)()li.s 

Fied Feick Garrett 

M. M. Feiierlicht Indianai)oli.s 

A. P. Fenn Tell City 

J. W. Fester Indianapolis 

Milo Feightner Huntington 

T. F. Fitzgibbon Columbus 

J. R. Fleming Ft. Wayne 

ISIiehael E. Foley Indianapolis 

A. J. Folsoni Ft. Wayne 

Eugene C. Foster Indianapolis 

U. A. Foster Vallonia 

S. H. Foster Ft. Wayne 

Charles Fox Terre Haute 

Willis A. Fo.x Angola 

Joseph M. Francis Indianapolis 

G. E. Francis Brazil 

Edgar G. Frazier Bloomington 

G. M. Frier LaFayette 

C. B. Fiitsche Indianapolis 

George H. Gifford Tipton 

H. A. Gobin Greencastle 

Martin H. Givan Lawrenceburg 

Gov. James P. Goodrich. Indianapolis 

Chailes H. Goodell Franklin 

Harry B. Gough Greencastle 

Ellis U. Graff Indianapolis 

A. A. Graham South Bend 

H.^S. Gruver Indianapolis 

Charles A. Greathouse. ..Indianapolis 

George R. Grose Greencastle 

Otis E. GuUey Danville 

Archibald M. Hall Indianapolis 

Hoiaca Hanna Plainfield 

F. F. Hai grave Medaryville 

Samuel B. Harding Bloomington 

George S. Harney Crawfoidsville 

L. A. Harriman Indianapolis 

Frank Hatfield Evansville 

William P. Hapgood .... Indianapolis 

Will H. Hays Sullivan 

Frank T. Hawley Indianapoiis 

C'larence V. Haworth. . . Kokomo 

W. D. Headiick lndianai>c)lis 

Frank E. Hering South Bend 

Hoi ace H. Herr Indianapolis 

Amos S. Hershey Bloomington 

Harry G. Hill Indianapolis 

Hai-ley H. Hill Aurora 

Hairy G. Hilgeman Ft. Wayne 

E. G. Hildner Princeton 

James Hines Notre Dame 

Linnaeus N. Hincs Crawfordsville 

W. W. Hottel Salem 

David H. Hogg Ft. Wayne 

Thomas M. Honan Seymour 

John W. Holtzman Indianapolis 

Ed. P. Honan Rensselaer 

Thomas C. Howe Indianapolis 

Will D. Howe Bloomiirgton 

J. W. Hoyt Peru 



Charles D. Hunt Sullivan 

Roscoe n. Hyde Terre Haute 

W. K. Ingalls lairrestown 

Eph Inniarr Indianapolis 

Omer Jackson Cireenfleld 

Frarrk Jaynes Wal>ash 

William E. Jeirkirrs Bloonrington 

Charles W. Jewett Indianapolis 

Arthur H. Jones Indianapolis 

W. J. Jiirnett Manilla 

Ralph Kane Indiairapolis 

Frank M. Kestler Log'rnspoit 

Charles D. Kelso New Albany 

Oscar L. Kelso Terre Haute 

James E. Kimble Indianapolis 

Fred I. King Wabash 

Hairy Kitselman Ft. Wayne 

Albert L. Kohlmeier .... Bloomington 

]\rattin Kreuger Michigan City 

Milton Kraus Peru 

R. S. Lawrence Hanover 

F. P. Lacklighter Indianapolis 

Anthony Lehner Tipton 

Ray Lenich Union City 

Karl Lentz Indianapolis 

Edwin A. Lee Bloomington 

John M. Lewis Gfeensbdrg 

Mark H. Lidell LaFay tte 

Richard Lieber Indianapolis 

E. C. Lindsay Muncie 

Walter Linn Crawfordsville 

Ernest I\t. Linton Bloomington 

Edgar L. Llewelyn Newcastle 

Ross F. Lockiidgc Ft. Wayne 

H. R. Lookabill Indianapolis 

William O. Lynch Teire Haute 

Patrick J. Lynch Newcastle 

E. F. ]\Ic,Cabe Wihiam-sport 

John W. McArdle Indianapolis 

Warren T. McCray Kentland 

Franklin McCray Indianapolis 

H. K. McComb Indianapolis 

James E. Mcdiilough . .G;eenfleld 

J. H. McCully Ulavillo 

Rol)ert G. McCutcheon. . (ireencastle 

Milton T. McCarty Frankfort 

Earle K. McFerren Indianapolis 

John D. McHorne Sullivan 

David .1. Mac Donald . . .Indianapolis 
.lamesGrover McDonald . Bloomington 
Cassius C. McMuUen . . . Aurora 
George L. Mackintosh. . Crawfordsville 

Edgar D. Maple Sullivan 

Curtis Marshall Madison 

J. Fred Masters Indianapolis 

Ezra Mattingly Washington 

W. Paul Marsh Decatur 

T. T. Martin Danville 

Albert D. Men ill Terre Haute 

Harry Miesse Indianapolis 

Dan V. Miller Terre Haute 

Dick Miller Indianapolis 

Robeit G. Miller Bloomington 



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S. D. Miller Indianapolis 

Fred A. Miller South Bend 

Winfield Miller Indianapolis 

William A. ATillis Hanover 

Lewis H. Moore Ft. Wayne 

Men ill Moores Indianapolis 

Thomas F. Moran LaFayette 

Ralph W. Moss Center Point 

Louis H. Mooie . Ft. Wayne 

Benjamin F. Moore Miincie 

G. H. Moulton Plymouth 

E. M. Muncie Brazil 

Burton D. Myers Bloomington 

Newton Meyers JetTei sonville 

H. E. Negley . Indianapolis 

Thomas H. Nelson. ..... Indianapolis 

Harry S. New Indianapolis 

Meredith Nicholson. . . . Indianapolis 

Charles Niezer .Ft. Wayne 

John J. Nolan . Evansville 

H. R. Norton . Gary 

John F. Nuner . South Bend 

J. B. Nusbaum .Indianapolis 

Lem J. Oare . South Bend 

Lew M. O'Bannon. ..... Corydon 

Owen D. O'Dell Indianapolis 

A. D. Ogborn .Newcastle 

Charles J. Orbison ...... Indianapolis 

Alvin Padgett Washington 

Willett J. Parr . Lebanon 

W. H. Paynter Salem 

William W. Parsons. . . . .Terre Haute 

W. K. Penrod Loogoote.e 

M. C. Pearson .Indianapolis 

Chailes T. Peck Greencastle 

J. J. Pettijolin . Bloomington 

John B. Peterson . C^rown Point 

Allan B. Philputt Indianapolis 

Robert E. Proctor. .... Elkhart 

Eugene PtUliam . Franklin 

Fred Purnell Attica 

H. M. Purviance Htmtington 

J. M. Purvis Tipton 

J. W. Putnam Indianapolis 

Dan Pyle South Bend 

J. J. Rae Richmond 

W. H. Raney Terre Haute 

Samuel M. Ralston Indianapolis 

James Randall GreencastU 

Oscar Ratts Paoli 

William A. Rawles Bloomington 

B. J. Reemstma Tipton 

Charles F. Remy Indianapolis 

Charles Remster Indianapolis 

John A. Riddle Vincennes 

John F. Robbins Indianapolis 

Chailes O. Roemler Indianapolis 

Jonathon Rigdon Danville 

E. P. Richardson Peru 

G. H. Richardson Perti 

John F. Riley Hammond 

Alvah J. Rucker Indianapolis 

John Rynerson Columbus 



James H. Ryan St. Marys-of- 

the- Woods 

Albert Sahm Indianapolis 

Earl Sample Greenfield 

Eveiett Sanders Terre Hatite 

George S. Schauer Indianapolis 

George E. Schlafer Bloomington 

Frank W. Shockley Ft. Wayne 

Bernard B. Shively Marion 

Harry Sheridan Frankfort 

E. S. Shumakei Indianapolis 

A. K. Sihs, Ji Monticello 

Abram Simmons Blutfton 

F. L. Sims South Bend 

Richard V. Sipe Indianapolis 

W. L. Slinkard Bloomfleld 

Harry B. Smith Indianapolis 

H. Lester Smith Bloomington 

Claude Smith Princeton 

Z. M. Smith LaFayette 

Donald Smith Rushville 

William EI. Smythe Greencastle 

Ralph V. Sollitt Bloomington 

L. Eit Slack Indianapolis 

Heniy N. Spaan Indianapolis 

William M. Sparks Rushville 

John W. Spencer, Jr Evansville 

Francis M- Stalker Terre Haute 

Ele Stansbury Indianapolis 

C. V. Stainsby Indianapolis 

C. W. Stivers Liberty 

Milo H. Stttart Indianapolis 

Byron Somers Ft. Wayne 

Albert Stump Indianapolis 

Isaac D. Strauss Ligonier 

Winthrop E. Stone LaFayette 

William M. Swain Pendleton 

Z. T. Sweeney Columbus 

George H. Tapy Crawfordsville 

Charles H. Taylor Bloomingtoit 

Forest C. Taylor Martinsville 

Frank C. Tilden Greencastle 

Thomas B. Terhtme. . . . New Albany 

Clem O. Thompson Salem 

M. C. Thorrtton New Albany 

Joseph C. Todd Bloomington 

Ray S. Trent Indianapolis 

Edward P. Trueblood. . .Richmond 

Edward C. Torter Anderson 

Sanford Trippet Princeton 

G. E. Turner Indianapolis 

Frederick Van Nuys. . . .Indianapolis 

Frarrcis J. Viu-pillat Notre Dame 

Albert H. Vestal Anderson 

Madison J. Walsh Washington 

Charles E. Watkins Muncie 

James E. Watson Rushville 

Edgar Webb Indianapolis 

Ulysses G. Weatherly . . .Bloomington 
Theodore Weinshank. . . .Indianapolis 
Charles C. Whitlock. . . .Terra Haute 

U. Z. Wiley Indianapolis 

William N. White Crawfordsville 



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W. H. Wylie Jeffersonville J. P. Willis Indianapolis 

F. S. C. Wicks Indianapolis .Ifssc Wisc^man Linton 

Herman F. Willkie Elwood Jolin IJ. Wisely Terrc Haute 

Ora L. Wildertnuth Gary W. K. Wood LaFayette 

Oscar H. Williams Indianapolis James A. Woodbtun. . . . Hloomington 

Henry Lane Wilson Indianapolis A. H. Woodworth Hanover 

James B. Wilson Bloomington Artliiu- B. Wiight Indianapolis 

Carl G. Winter Indianapolis Philip Zoercher Indianapolis 

Out-of-State Speakers. Thi-uout the war there was demand for speak- 
ers who had been in the war zone. It was fortunate that men and women 
who had had this experience were available early in the war. They came 
to Indiana with a message that meant more at the time than did the 
most eloquent patriotic appeal of one who had no first-hand war exper- 
ience to relate. As the war continued and the citizens became more and 
more conversant with the situation the demand for speakers with over- 
seas experience became practically universal. 

These men and women were sent to Indiana communities without 
charge except for traveling expenses. Local committees were usually 
asked to pay railroad fare and hotel bills, but some speakers, especially 
the officers of the allied armies, were paid a straight "subsistence fee" of 
ten dollars from which they paid their own hotel, Pullman, and incidental 
expenses. 

Some of these speakers came to Indiana a number of times. President 
Lyman P. Powell,' who on his first trip at the time of the county war 
conferences spoke approximately sixty times in thirty communities, was 
brought to Indiana four times. 

The list which follows is given practically in chronological order: 

Speaker By Whom Sent 

Basanta Koomar Roy, Hindu lecturer vState Council of Defense 

Dean W. C. Blaisdell, Pennsylvania 

State College State Council of Defense 

Rishop Charles D. Williams, Detroit. State Coimcil of Defense 

Lieutenant Paul Perigord, of French 

Ai'my Committee on Public Information" 

Arnold B. Hall, University of Wis- 
consin Sta te Council of Defense 

Crawford Vaughn, ex-Premier of 

Australia Committee on Public Information 

Dr. Lyman P. Powell, President Ho- 

bart College League to Enforce Peace 

Captain A. Leys-Brown, Canadian 

Army British -Canadian Recruiting Office, 

Indianapolis 

Lieutenant Hector MacQuarrie, Brit- 
ish Ai-my Committee on Public Information 

Everett Colby, New Jersey National Food Administration 

Julius Lincoln, Jamestown, N.Y National Food Administration 

Edgar Trefz. Chicago. Ill National Food Administration 

''Dr. Powell was sent to Indiana by the League to Enforce Peace. For his 
references to speaking in Indiana see "In Lincoln's Land" in The Living Chinch, 
March, 1918, and "At the B"'ront in Indiana'" in the Outlook, April 10, 1918. 

" All speakers coming from the Committee on Public Information were sent by 
its Speaking Division. See page 18 for a fuller discussion of this bureau's work 
in Indiana. 



42 Bulletin of the Extension Division 

W. J. Mi-(Jl(tllilin. Louisville, Ky National Food Aclmiuistratlon 

Alexander Cairns, New Jersey National Food Administration 

John Rntledge, Cleveland, Ohio National Food Administration 

President R. L. Wilbur, Leland Stan- 
ford University National Food Administration 

Mary Antin, author and lecturer Committee on Public Information 

J. L. F^eser. Cleveland, Ohio Lake Division Red Cross 

Captain J. M. Debeaufort, Belgian 

Army Committee on Public Information 

Lieutenant W. G. jNIasson, British 

Army British-Canadian Recruiting Office, 

Chicago 

Major W. G. Hyde, British Army. .. .British Recruiting Office, Toronto, 

Canada 

Major W. C. Gidley, British Anny. . .Britisli Recruiting Office, Toronto, 

Canada 

Private Bruce McKay, Cameron 

Highlander Pulaski County ( Vnuicil of Defense 

H. E. Wickenden Lake Division Red Cross 

Rose Szewc, Polish Societies New York 

Sergeant Victor Van, Belgian Army. .Pulaski County Council of Defense 

Dr. William E. Bohn, lecturer, New 

, York City American Friends of Gterman 

Democracy 

Dr. Heni-y Coe Culbei'tson, Presi- 
dent Ripon College Federal Food Administration 

Captain D. H. Blake, British Army. .British Recruiting Office, Chicago 

Major Craig Wright. British Army. ..British Recruiting Office, Chicago 

Hon. Albert C. Moulaert, Belgian 

Consul-General Chicago Belgian Consulate 

Mrs. Idah McGIone Gibson, author, 

lecturer American Red Cross. I>ake Division 

Senator W. C. Kenyon, of Iowa Committee on Public Information 

Dr. Thos. Travis. New York, Y.M.C.A. Committee on Public Information 

Dr. Mitchell Carroll, President of the 

American Archaeological College. Committee on Public Information 

Sergeant Major Ray R. Swigert Aviation Dept. U.S. Army 

Captain Clayton F. Emig A\iation Dept. U.S. Army 

A. M. Bruner, Army Y.M.C.A. Sec- 
retary Young Men's Christian Association 

Hon. Charles Timberlake, Colorado ... Committee on Public Information 

Lieutenant Harry Lait, British- 
Canadian Army Local Liberty Loan Committee 

Private S. Pearce, Canadian Army . . . American Red Cross, Lake Division 

PriA-ate G. C. Maunders, Canadian 

Army American Red Cross, Lake Division 

Private M. Button, Canadian Army. . .American Red Cross, Lake Division 

Dr. A. W. Wishart, (irand Rapids. 

Michigan American Red Cross, Lake Division 

Private Louis Bonee, A.E.F Committee on Public Information 

Private Schuyler C. Mowrer, A.B.F.. Committee on Public Information 

Private Harry Novak, A.E.F Committee on Public Information 

Hon. C. C. Dill, Oregon American Red Cross, Lake Division 

Miss Kathleen Burke, lecturer American Red Cross, Lake Division 

Sergeant Major Mclnnes British Canadian Recruiting Office, 

Indianapolis 

Mrs. Martha Nelson McCan, lecturer. .Committee on Public Information * 

Dr. Thos. E. T. Staton, Canadian 

Army State Coimcil of Defense 

Private Frank Woodgate, Canadian 

Army State Council of Defense 

Comtesse Madeline de Bryas, lec- 
turer from France Committee on Public Information 



speakers' Bureau of State Council of Defense 43 

Lieutenant Robert Renard, French . ^ , 

^j-my Commitloo on Public Information 

Captain J* ii. iVnisseiir' Kelgiun Anny.Belinan Consul General, Moulaert, 

Chicago 
Charles Zueblin, Boston Educational Section, State Council of 

Defense 

Mile. Rita Jolivet, acti-ess and lec- 

liiYf^Y Alliance Fran<;aisc 

Justice S.*Harris()n White, Colorado. .Committee on Public Information 

Major Juies Bellot. French Army Committee on Public Information 

Captain Walter Kilroy Harris, 

Australian, British Army Committee on Public Information 

Major L. Gordon Sanford, British 

^rmy Committee on Public Information 

Bishop Francis J. McConnell, Den- 
ver Colo Committee on Public Information 

Private John Scott, British Army ... Committee on Public Information 

Lieutenant Bruno Roselli, Italian 
Army Miss Mabel Ury, Boston 

Dr. E. C. Perisho, Pres. Agricultural 

College, South Dakota Committee on Public Information 

Lieutenant George M. Sauvage, 

French Army Committee on Public Information 

Captain E. Lucas Guest, British 

Army Committee on Public Information 

Private George Montegut, French 

Army State Council of Defense 

Hon. John J.'Le'ntz,* Ohio Committee on Public Information 

Maximilian P. Groszmann, American 

Friends of German Democracy Committee on Public Information 

Lieutenant B. W. Bourne, Austral- 
ian British Army Committee on Public Information 

Corporal I. I), lies, Canadian Army.. State Council of Defense 
Louis Wallis, U.S. Dept. of Labor, 

Chicao-o Committee on Public Information 

Lieutenant Henri Negre, French 

Army Committee on Public Information 

Dr. Thomas E. Staton, Canadian 

Army State Council of Defense 

Private Thomas C. Henry, Canadian 

Army Marion County Liberty Loan Com- 
mittee 
Private Harry Wickey, Canadian _ ., ^ ^. ^ 

Army Marshall County Coimcil of Defense 

Sergeant James Kimlile. Canadian 

Army State Council of Defense 

Professor Claude Michelon. Fi-ance. .Alliance Frangaise 
Sergeant Major F. J. Steele, British 

Recruiting Office, Chicago State Council of Defense 

Miss Marie Rose Lauler, France Indiana University 

Mrs. Mvrtle Dager, traveler in 

England State Council of Defense 

Corporal Edward Hurd, British 

Army Marion County Liberty Loan Com- 
mittee 
Captain Georges Roth French High Commission, Washing- 
ton, D.C. 



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